Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 2 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?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. ?
Monread Lodge is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 49 other homes in Hertfordshire.
76% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
An independent nursing home in Knebworth, Hertfordshire, Monread Lodge is run by an organisation of the same name. It has 62 beds. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia and younger adults. That is larger than most homes in Hertfordshire, where the typical home has 30 beds.
Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in June 2025. 92% of homes in Hertfordshire also score 5. In Hertfordshire, 76% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). The nearest home with a higher rating is Knebworth Care Home (Good), 0.8 km away.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in February 2024. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. Its previous rating, in February 2023, was Good, so the home has slipped. The typical rating in Hertfordshire is about 5 years old, so this one is fairly recent.
