St Dominics Residential Home is a residential care home in Colchester in Essex, run by St. Dominics Residential Home Limited. It is registered for up to 60 residents and supports older people, people living with dementia and people with a sensory impairment.
Its latest CQC rating, published September 2025, is Good overall. It was rated Requires improvement for safe. For comparison, 83% of care homes in Essex are rated Good or Outstanding.
CQC rating
Good
Published 22 September 2025
Rated 11 months ago
- SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
- 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 Essex
St Dominics Residential Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier, alongside 48 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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