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?Requires improvement
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. ?
Frank Foster House is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 56 other homes in Essex.
84% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Frank Foster House is one of 395 care homes in Essex: a 80-bed residential care home in Theydon Bois, run by Runwood Homes Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. That is larger than most homes in Essex, where the typical home has 22 beds.
About 2.7 km away, Woodland Grove is rated Good. 46 of Runwood Homes Limited’s 55 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). Across Essex, 84% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in November 2025. 89% of homes in Essex also score 5.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in April 2023. It was Requires improvement for safe, caring and well-led as well. Effective and responsive were rated Good. That is down from Outstanding in May 2018.
