Residential care home · Hertfordshire

St Matthews Care Home

Chequer Lane, Redbourn, AL3 7QG

Good Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good Rated 7 years ago

CQC rating

Good
Published 21 February 2019 Rated 7 years ago ?
  • 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. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • May 2016GoodSECRW

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Hertfordshire

St Matthews Care Home is in the Good tier ?, with 121 other homes in Hertfordshire. 76% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 9 (4%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 12 (5%)
  • Good 122 (50%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 23 (9%)
  • Requires improvement 50 (20%)
  • Inadequate 1 (0%)
  • Not yet rated 29 (12%)

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Other homes run by Colleycare Limited

19 care homes in total: 1 Outstanding, 13 Good, 5 Requires improvement.

  • St Lukes and The Oaks Care Home
    Caversham, Reading · RG4 8RP · Residential care home · 78 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: OutstandingC: GoodR: GoodW: Outstanding Rated 7 years ago
  • St Brendan's Care Home
    Crowthorne, Bracknell Forest · RG45 7HU · Residential care home · 62 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Good Rated 4 years ago
  • Ashlyns Care Home
    Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire · HP4 2ST · Residential care home · 62 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 8 years ago
  • Dalton Lodge
    London, Waltham Forest · E17 3QS · Residential care home · 64 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 10 months ago
  • Osbourne Court
    Baldock, Hertfordshire · SG7 6EN · Residential care home · 69 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 1 year ago
  • Ryeview Manor Care Home
    High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire · HP11 1DW · Residential care home · 94 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago

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St Matthews Care Home at a glance

Run by Colleycare Limited, St Matthews Care Home is a residential care home in Redbourn, Hertfordshire with 79 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers older people and people with dementia. The typical home in Hertfordshire has 30 beds, so this one is bigger than average.

CQC rated it Good overall and in all five key questions in February 2019. Its rating before that, in May 2016, was the same. CQC hasn't re-rated the home for over 5 years, like 53% of homes in Hertfordshire. Here is how rating age varies by council.

Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in March 2026. That is true of 92% of homes in Hertfordshire. 121 other homes in Hertfordshire share its tier, “Good”. 14 of Colleycare Limited’s 19 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). None of the 5 nearest rated homes has a higher rating.