SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Requires improvement
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Requires improvement
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement
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. ?
Faro Lodge is one of 311 care homes in Norfolk: a 6-bed nursing home in Kings Lynn, run by Independence Matters C.I.C.. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. That is smaller than most homes in Norfolk, where the typical home has 29 beds.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in June 2026. 89% of homes in Norfolk also score 5. In Norfolk, 67% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Independence Matters C.I.C. runs 3 care homes, and 1 of the 3 rated are Good or Outstanding. There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. The nearest home with a higher rating is Amberley Hall Care Home (Good), 0.2 km away.
In August 2021, CQC gave it Requires improvement overall, and Requires improvement for each of the five key questions too. It was also rated Requires improvement at the inspection before, in April 2020. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Norfolk, 46% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
