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. ?
Colleycare Limited runs Tara's Retreat Care Home, a residential care home in St Albans, Hertfordshire with room for 69 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people and people with dementia. That is larger than most homes in Hertfordshire, where the typical home has 30 beds.
Across Hertfordshire, 76% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from March 2026. 92% of homes in Hertfordshire also score 5. It is one of 19 homes run by Colleycare Limited. 14 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. Of the 5 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.
Its CQC rating, from June 2018, is Good across the board: overall and for every key question. Its rating before that, in July 2016, was the same. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Hertfordshire, 53% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
