Residential care home · Enfield

Sidney Avenue Lodge Residential Care Home

24 Sidney Avenue, Palmers Green, London, N13 4UY

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 5 months ago ↓ Down from Good

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 13 May 2026 Rated 5 months ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown4 of 8 below good
    • Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
    • Learning cultureSome shortfalls
    • Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
    • Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
    • Infection prevention and controlGood
    • Medicines optimisationGood
    • Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
    • SafeguardingGood
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?71%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown1 of 6 below good
    • Assessing needsSome shortfalls
    • Consent to care and treatmentGood
    • Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
    • How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
    • Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
    • Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 5 good
    • Independence, choice and controlGood
    • Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
    • Responding to people's immediate needsGood
    • Treating people as individualsGood
    • Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?68%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown2 of 7 below good
    • Equity in accessSome shortfalls
    • Person-centred careSome shortfalls
    • Care provision, integration and continuityGood
    • Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
    • Listening to and involving peopleGood
    • Planning for the futureGood
    • Providing InformationGood
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?62%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown2 of 7 below good
    • Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
    • Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
    • Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
    • Freedom to speak upGood
    • Partnerships and communitiesGood
    • Shared direction and cultureGood
    • Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood

Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?

CQC scored 33 standards: 24 good, 9 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • January 2020GoodSECRW
  • May 2017GoodSECRW
  • May 2015GoodSECRW
  • February 2015InadequateSECRW
  • October 2014InadequateSECRW

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Enfield

Sidney Avenue Lodge Residential Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 12 other homes in Enfield. 82% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 1 (1%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 1 (1%)
  • Good 49 (61%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 10 (12%)
  • Requires improvement 13 (16%)
  • Not yet rated 6 (8%)

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  • Green Lanes Projects
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    Good S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 months ago
  • Roland Residential Care Homes - 231 North Circular Road
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    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 2 years ago
  • Devonshire Road
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    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 4 years ago
  • Queen Ann House
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About Sidney Avenue Lodge Residential Care Home

Run by Greenfields Residential Care Homes Limited, Sidney Avenue Lodge Residential Care Home is a residential care home in London, Enfield with 8 registered beds. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism and people with mental health needs.

The nearest home with a higher rating is Camden Lodge Residential Care Home (Good), 0.2 km away. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 4 (good), from September 2022. In Enfield, 77% of homes score 5. Across Enfield, 82% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.

CQC last rated the home in May 2026, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. That is down from Good in January 2020. The typical rating in Enfield is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 9 fell below good. The lowest was “involving people to manage risks” (significant shortfalls).