Residential care home · Dorset

St Denis Lodge Residential Home

Salisbury Road, Shaftesbury, SP7 8BS

Good Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good Rated 6 months ago
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St Denis Lodge Residential Home is a residential care home in Shaftesbury in Dorset, run by St. Denis Lodge Residential Home Limited. It has 21 registered beds and supports older people and people living with dementia.

Its latest CQC rating, published March 2026, is Good overall, and Good in all five key questions. For comparison, 94% of care homes in Dorset are rated Good or Outstanding.

CQC rating

Good
Published 6 March 2026 Rated 6 months 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

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

How it compares in Dorset

St Denis Lodge Residential Home is in the Good tier, alongside 79 other homes in Dorset. Of the 105 rated care homes here, 94% are Good or Outstanding (England: 83%).

  • Outstanding 6 (5%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 8 (7%)
  • Good 80 (72%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 5 (5%)
  • Requires improvement 6 (5%)
  • Not yet rated 6 (5%)

Half of Dorset's ratings are more than 3.3 years old. How tiers work

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