SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?69%Good
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?58%Requires improvement
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Consent to care and treatmentSignificant shortfalls
Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?70%Good
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Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?68%Good
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Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?68%Good
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 23 good, 10 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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. ?
Rectory Lodge is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 47 other homes in Essex.
84% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Choice Support, Rectory Lodge is a residential care home in Essex with 12 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after older people, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism and people with mental health needs. The typical home in Essex has 22 beds, so this one is on the small side.
CQC last rated the home in February 2026, giving it Good overall. It was Good for safe, caring, responsive and well-led as well. For effective, the rating was Requires improvement. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in March 2019. The typical rating in Essex is about 5 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 10 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “consent to care and treatment”.
Clayburn Lodge, 2.3 km away, is the closest home rated Outstanding. It is one of 21 homes run by Choice Support. 17 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. Its kitchen was rated 4 for food hygiene in July 2026. 89% of homes in Essex score the top mark of 5. Across Essex, 84% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.
