Residential care home · Essex
Howard Lodge Care Centre
Beacon Hill Road, Kelvedon Common, Brentwood, CM14 5FQ
How it compares in Essex
Howard Lodge Care Centre is in the Outstanding tier ?, with 6 other homes in Essex. 84% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
- Outstanding 7 (2%)
- Good, with Outstanding areas 17 (4%)
- Good 238 (60%)
- Good, with an area to improve 48 (12%)
- Requires improvement 57 (14%)
- Inadequate 4 (1%)
- Not yet rated 24 (6%)
Care homes nearby
Other homes run by St. Michael's Homes Limited
2 care homes in total: 1 Outstanding, 1 Good.
About Howard Lodge Care Centre
Howard Lodge Care Centre is a 74-bed residential care home in Brentwood, Essex, run by St. Michael's Homes Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. Most homes in Essex are smaller: the median there is 22 beds.
2 of St. Michael's Homes Limited’s 2 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). It is the only Outstanding home among the 7 closest. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from May 2025. 89% of homes in Essex also score 5. 6 other homes in Essex share its tier, “Outstanding”.
CQC's latest rating, from February 2020, is Outstanding overall. Responsive and well-led were also Outstanding. For safe, effective and caring, the rating was Good. Its previous rating, in April 2017, was Good, so the home has improved. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Essex, 48% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).