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
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. ?
Royal Avenue is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 19 other homes in Suffolk.
81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Mrs P Barnard runs Royal Avenue, a residential care home in Lowestoft, Suffolk with room for 23 residents. Its CQC registration covers people with a learning disability or autism.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in September 2019. Safe, effective, caring and responsive were also Good. For well-led, the rating was Requires improvement. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in November 2018. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Suffolk, 32% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
Harleston House, 0.1 km away, is the closest home rated Outstanding. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in October 2026. That is true of 92% of homes in Suffolk. 19 other homes in Suffolk share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”.
