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?Good
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. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
St Francis Residential Care Home is in the Good tier ?, with 37 other homes in Waltham Forest.
93% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
St Francis Residential Care Home is one of 44 care homes in Waltham Forest: a 39-bed residential care home in London, run by Brownlow Enterprises Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people and people with dementia. The typical home in Waltham Forest has 9 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. It is one of 5 homes run by Brownlow Enterprises Limited. 5 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. Across Waltham Forest, 93% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in October 2026. 94% of homes in Waltham Forest also score 5.
Its CQC rating, from January 2020, is Good across the board: overall and for every key question. Before that, in January 2019, it was rated Requires improvement. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Waltham Forest, 35% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
