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Thorpedale

Station Approach, Chorleywood, WD3 5QJ · Hertfordshire · East of England

7 beds · operated by Watford And District Mencap Society

CQC overall rating
Requires improvement11 Jan 2023rating 3+ yrs old

Diligence verdict

Rated Requires improvement overall, and the rating is 3 years old, and 2 of this operator's 4 rated homes are below Good.

Below Good on
SafeRequires improvement11 Jan 2023rating 3+ yrs old
Well-ledRequires improvement11 Jan 2023rating 3+ yrs old
Age of rating
3 years old — published 11 Jan 2023. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
Operator's wider portfolio
2 of 4 of Watford And District Mencap Society's rated homes are Requires improvement or Inadequate.

Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

The five key questions

Key questionRatingPublished
SafeRequires improvementrating 3+ yrs old11 Jan 2023
EffectiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old29 Sep 2017
CaringGoodrating 3+ yrs old29 Sep 2017
ResponsiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old29 Sep 2017
Well-ledRequires improvementrating 3+ yrs old11 Jan 2023

Ratings verbatim as published by CQC. Key questions can carry different dates when CQC re-inspects only part of a service.

Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

Same operator — 3 other locations

Other active services registered to Watford And District Mencap Society. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.

NameOverall rating (published)Local authority
92aGood14 Mar 2019rating 3+ yrs oldHertfordshire
BerrywoodGood21 Sep 2018rating 3+ yrs oldHertfordshire
HillsideRequires improvement11 Sep 2024Hertfordshire

Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

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Provenance & registration
Registered with CQC
27 Jan 2011
Beds
7
Sector
Social Care Org
On CQC’s site
cqc.org.uk/location/1-108828308

Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 11 Jul 2026 — as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.