Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 3 years ago↓ Down from Good
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?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. ?
Lakeside Residential Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 6 other homes in Reading.
76% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Colleycare Limited, Lakeside Residential Home is a residential care home in Reading with 72 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after older people and people with dementia. Most homes in Reading are smaller: the median there is 12 beds.
In Reading, 76% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from May 2026. 77% of homes in Reading also score 5. Colleycare Limited runs 19 care homes, and 14 of the 19 rated are Good or Outstanding. The Boltons, 0.6 km away, is the closest home rated Good.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in August 2023. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective and well-led as well. For caring and responsive, the rating was Good. That is down from Good in April 2020. That is more recent than most ratings in Reading, where the typical rating is about 7 years old.
