Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 3 years ago↑ Up from Inadequate
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
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. ?
Forest Edge is an independent 32-bed residential care home in Southampton, Hampshire, registered with CQC under its own name. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment.
CQC's latest rating, from July 2023, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. Before that, in December 2022, it was rated Inadequate.
The nearest home with a higher rating is Woodlands Ridge Nursing Home (Good), 2.6 km away. In Hampshire, 85% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in July 2025. That is true of 84% of homes in Hampshire.
