SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?62%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?65%Good
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Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?68%Good
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Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 19 good, 14 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
CQC hasn't inspected this home for more than 5 years. It re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating doesn't count against a home on this site, but it may not reflect the home today. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
Castor Lodge Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 3 other homes in Peterborough.
88% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Castor Lodge Care Home is a 80-bed residential care home in Peterborough, run by Country Court Care Homes 2 Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and younger adults. Most homes in Peterborough are smaller: the median there is 30 beds.
15 of Country Court Care Homes 2 Limited’s 18 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). About 3.1 km away, Thorpe Wood Care Home is rated Good. There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from August 2026. 100% of homes in Peterborough also score 5. In Peterborough, 88% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
CQC last rated the home in June 2025, giving it Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. Ratings in Peterborough are typically about 5 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 14 fell below good. The lowest was “governance, management and sustainability” (significant shortfalls).
