Care home · Newham
Stratford Road
Illustrative photo, not of Stratford Road- Address
- 127 Stratford Road, London, E13 0JN
- Run by
- Look Ahead Care and Support Limited (6 services)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 2 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- October 2017 (9 years)
- Part of
- Look Ahead Care and Support Limited
- Registered manager
- *
- Company check
- Active, accounts up to date (Companies House IP21004R)
- Last CQC check
- 27 Aug 2026
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,450–£1,780 a week for residential care. Estimated from prices published locally; not a quote. How we estimate
Licensed by CQC for: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-4065663967
An overview of Stratford Road
Stratford Road is a CQC-registered residential care home in Newham, run by Look Ahead Care and Support Limited. Its CQC registration covers adults under 65, including people living with learning disabilities and mental health conditions.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (August 2026). Caring was rated Requires improvement. It is one of 23 CQC-registered care homes in and around Newham; 19 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Who runs it
Stratford Road is run by Look Ahead Care And Support Limited (company IP21004R).
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time and there is no insolvency history.
Look Ahead Care and Support Limited runs 6 CQC-registered services across 4 council areas; 5 of the 6 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (83%), against 85% for the same mix of services across England.
2 of its services are in Newham.
It trades under the Look Ahead Care and Support Limited brand, which covers 6 services run by 1 registered provider.
The inspection, summarised
- Each person had their own self-contained flat within the service.
- This assessment was carried out following up on actions we told the provider to take at the last inspection.
- Following this assessment, the service was rated good.
- They told us they were unhappy with the restrictions and said, “It feels like I live in jail and a place I used to like where I wasn’t happy.” The person asked us to raise their concerns with the provider.
Inspected 3 October 2018; report published 7 November 2018. Source: CQC's published findings, reused under the Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
CQC ratings, area by area
- Safe69% score19 of 21 in Newham
- Effective67% score17 of 21 in Newham
- Caring0% score1 of 21 in Newham
- Responsive0% score20 of 21 in Newham
- Well-led71% score18 of 21 in Newham
CQC key question ratings, published 27 August 2026. Under each rating: how many care homes in Newham share it.
Specialisms
Registration details from CQC.
Strengths and weak spots in the ratings
For Stratford Road, Caring is rated below Good; 4 other areas are Good.
Across Newham, 1 of 21 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Caring (5%).
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Well-led at 71% and its lowest is Responsive at 0%, averaging 41% overall.
The Caring findings are the part of the report to read closely; ask the manager what has been put right.
What it may cost
We estimate Stratford Road at £1,450–£1,780 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £75k–£93k.
Ask whether the fee changes if needs increase, and what is extra: hairdressing, chiropody, outings and newspapers are often charged separately.
Council help is possible below £23,250 in savings: ask Newham Council for a free care needs assessment.
The local picture
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 22 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Helena Road, under 0.5 miles away.
1 of the 24 nearest rated care homes has a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in West Ham ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 30% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS North East London ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (3 min), a pharmacy (3 min), a shop (2 min), a park (2 min), a café (3 min) and a bus stop (3 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
How long it has been running
Stratford Road has been registered with CQC since October 2017, about 9 years.
CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2018–2026), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
Detailed scores
Behind each rating sit scores of 1 to 4 for individual quality statements, which CQC turns into a percentage for the area. Averaged across the five areas, Stratford Road scores 41%.
Safe 69%
- Learning culture2 · Some shortfalls
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
- Safe environments2 · Some shortfalls
- Safe and effective staffing3 · Good
- Infection prevention and control3 · Good
- Medicines optimisation3 · Good
Effective 67%
- Assessing needs2 · Some shortfalls
- Delivering evidence-based care and treatment2 · Some shortfalls
- How staff, teams and services work together3 · Good
- Supporting people to live healthier lives3 · Good
- Monitoring and improving outcomes3 · Good
- Consent to care and treatment3 · Good
Caring 0%
- Kindness, compassion and dignity2 · Some shortfalls
- Treating people as individuals2 · Some shortfalls
- Independence, choice and control2 · Some shortfalls
- Responding to people’s immediate needs3 · Good
- Workforce wellbeing and enablement3 · Good
Responsive 0%
- Person-centred Care2 · Some shortfalls
- Care provision, Integration and continuity3 · Good
- Providing Information3 · Good
- Listening to and involving people2 · Some shortfalls
- Equity in access3 · Good
- Equity in experiences and outcomes3 · Good
- Planning for the future2 · Some shortfalls
Well-led 71%
- Shared direction and culture3 · Good
- Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders2 · Some shortfalls
- Freedom to speak up3 · Good
- Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion3 · Good
- Governance, management and sustainability3 · Good
- Partnerships and communities3 · Good
- Learning, improvement and innovation3 · Good
How to read the numbers: 4 exceptional, 3 good, 2 some shortfalls, 1 significant shortfalls. Published by CQC, assessed 19 August 2026, published 14 May 2026 under the Open Government Licence; a blank score means the statement was carried over unchanged.
Earlier inspections
- Nov 2018
- May 2026
- Today Rated in the last 12 months
The location's rating record from CQC, from first to latest.
CQC documents
- CQC inspection report 7 November 2018
Area and map
- Ward
- West Ham
- Council
- London Borough of Newham · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- West Ham and Beckton
- Local NHS (ICB)
- NHS North East London Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Urban (nearer to a major town or city)
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% most deprived areas in England
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Close by
- Bus stop 210 m (3 min walk) · 26 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Abbey Road, 960 m (12 min walk)
- GP surgery The Project Surgery, 260 m (3 min walk)
- Pharmacy Medina Pharmacy, 280 m (3 min walk)
- Shop Costcutter, 170 m (2 min walk)
- Park 180 m (2 min walk)
- Café Family Cafe Restaurant, 220 m (3 min walk)
- Place of worship Masjid Abdul Aziz bin Baz, 320 m (4 min walk)
- Library Plaistow Library, 730 m (9 min walk)
Straight-line distances to the nearest of each, from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Walking routes are longer; check for hills and crossings if you plan to take a relative out.
Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence.
Family reviews
No family has reviewed Stratford Road on The Care Panel so far.
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Stratford Road in local context
- Rated Good. Across Newham, 90% of the 21 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 1 is Outstanding.
- Its rating (August 2026) is more recent than 90% of care home ratings in Newham.
- With 2 beds it is smaller than 96% of care homes in Newham, where the typical home has 8.
- Registered with CQC in 2017: it has been registered longer than 39% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 3 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Newham lists 3.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Caring (5% of care homes in Newham are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered care homes in Newham (Oct 2026).
Nearby options
Guides for families
Newham: care homes inspected recently
- Beechwood Residential HomeJul 2025
- Helena RoadMar 2026
- Sahara GardensApr 2026
Frequently asked about Stratford Road
- What type of care does Stratford Road provide?
- Stratford Road is registered for residential homes. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- Where is Stratford Road?
- It is at 127 Stratford Road, London, E13 0JN.
- Is Stratford Road regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Yes. Stratford Road is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a care home (location ID 1-4065663967) and was rated Good overall in August 2026.
- Is Stratford Road registered for dementia care?
- It is not registered with dementia as a specialism, so confirm with the provider whether it can meet that need.
- When did CQC last rate Stratford Road?
- The rating now shown was published on 27 August 2026. Ask what has changed since then, for example in management or staffing.
- How big is Stratford Road?
- Stratford Road is registered for up to 2 residents. Ask about current vacancies and whether rooms have en-suite facilities.
- Who runs Stratford Road?
- The registered provider is Look Ahead Care and Support Limited, according to CQC.
- How much does care from Stratford Road cost?
- No fee list from Stratford Road has reached us. Residential care home typically costs £1,456 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in London). A written quote should spell out weekend, bank holiday and short-notice rates.
- How did Stratford Road score on each CQC key question?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Requires improvement; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the two to read first in the report.
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