Residential care home · Essex

Priory Lodge

62 Priory Street, Colchester, CO1 2QE

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 6 months ago
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Priory Lodge is a residential care home in Colchester in Essex, run by Mr David Krishnalall Jangali. It has 20 registered beds and supports younger adults and people with mental health needs.

Its latest CQC rating, published March 2026, is Requires improvement overall. It was rated Good for caring. For comparison, 83% of care homes in Essex are rated Good or Outstanding.

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 16 March 2026 Rated 6 months ago
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Requires improvement
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement

Read the full inspection report on cqc.org.uk ↗

How it compares in Essex

Priory Lodge is in the Requires improvement tier, alongside 57 other homes in Essex. Of the 369 rated care homes here, 83% are Good or Outstanding (England: 83%).

  • Outstanding 7 (2%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 16 (4%)
  • Good 236 (60%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 49 (12%)
  • Requires improvement 58 (15%)
  • Inadequate 3 (1%)
  • Not yet rated 24 (6%)

Half of Essex's ratings are more than 5.1 years old. How tiers work

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