Residential care home · Leicestershire

Herons Lodge

138 Northampton Road, Market Harborough, LE16 9HF

Good Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 2 years ago ↑ Up from Req. improvement

CQC rating

Good
Published 2 February 2024 Rated 2 years ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
  • 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

Earlier ratings ?

  • November 2023Requires improvementSECRW
  • January 2019GoodSECRW
  • July 2016GoodSECRW

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Leicestershire

Herons Lodge is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 19 other homes in Leicestershire. 81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 3 (2%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 5 (3%)
  • Good 95 (58%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 20 (12%)
  • Requires improvement 28 (17%)
  • Inadequate 1 (1%)
  • Not yet rated 11 (7%)

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Care homes nearby

  • Lenthall House
    Market Harborough, Leicestershire · LE16 9LQ · Residential care home · 40 beds0.8 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 1 year ago
  • The Willows Nursing and Residential Home
    Market Harborough, Leicestershire · LE16 9BX · Nursing home · 57 beds1.3 km
    Good S: GoodE: Requires improvementC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
  • Rosewood Manor
    Leicestershire · LE16 9BZ · Residential care home · 70 beds1.3 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 4 years ago
  • Peaker Park Care Village
    Market Harborough, Leicestershire · LE16 7FP · Nursing home · 137 beds2.1 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Oat Hill Mews
    Market Harborough, Leicestershire · LE16 7AX · Residential care home · 76 beds2.2 km
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 4 months ago
  • Oxendon House Care Home
    Market Harborough, West Northamptonshire · LE16 8NE · Residential care home · 45 beds2.6 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago

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Other homes run by Mentaur Limited

10 care homes in total: 8 Good, 2 Requires improvement.

  • Stoke House
    Northampton, West Northamptonshire · NN2 8DL · Residential care home · 12 beds
    Good S: GoodE: OutstandingC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Burghley
    Kettering, North Northamptonshire · NN16 9LQ · Residential care home · 6 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Holly Tree Lodge
    Bedford · MK42 8NB · Residential care home · 10 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Lavanda Villa
    Bedford · MK42 8AT · Residential care home · 4 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 2 years ago
  • Rushwell House
    Rushden, North Northamptonshire · NN10 9TD · Residential care home · 8 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Wilton House
    Northampton, West Northamptonshire · NN2 7BL · Residential care home · 6 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 9 months ago

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Herons Lodge at a glance

Run by Mentaur Limited, Herons Lodge is a residential care home in Market Harborough, Leicestershire with 10 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers younger adults, people with a learning disability or autism and people with mental health needs. That is smaller than most homes in Leicestershire, where the typical home has 30 beds.

CQC's latest rating, from February 2024, is Good overall. It was Good for safe, effective, caring and responsive as well. Well-led was rated Requires improvement. That is up from Requires improvement in November 2023.

It is one of 10 homes run by Mentaur Limited. 8 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. 19 other homes in Leicestershire share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in January 2025. That is true of 82% of homes in Leicestershire.