Care Homes in West Northamptonshire 67 care homes · 42 rated Good by CQC
- 6 Outstanding
- 36 Good
- 20 Requires improvement
- 5 Not yet rated
West Northamptonshire has 67 CQC registered care homes. 36 are rated Good, 6 Outstanding, 20 Requires improvement, and 5 have not yet been rated. 40 of the 67 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Care home statistics for West Northamptonshire
What the numbers say about care for older people in West Northamptonshire.
West Northamptonshire Council pays, residential care
£965 a week
Self-funders are typically asked £1,233 to £1,449, median £1,356
Care home beds filled across West Northamptonshire
87%
The 12 month average is 88%.
Care home beds per 1,000 people aged 75+
76
People aged 75 and over
39,900
Rising to 46,500 by 2035, up 17%
Care homes, last 12 months
1 opened, 4 closed
8 changed owner, covering 336 beds.
Who pays, across West Northamptonshire (estimate)
36% council, 47% self
The rest is NHS funded or other.
Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate)
5,100
Rising to 6,500 by 2035, up 28%
People aged 85 and over
10,000
Rising to 15,900 by 2035, up 58%
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All 67 care homes in West Northamptonshire
Crescent House Care home in Northampton · Rated Requires improvement by CQC
CQC: requires improvement
3 The Crescent, Northampton, West Northamptonshire NN1 4SB
Weekly fees
£850 to £1,100 regional guide for the East Midlands, ask the home
Nursing on site
No, residential
Short stays
Yes, respite
CQC rated
Mar 2026
Run by
Crescent Home Limited
Local authority: West Northamptonshire Council · Check what you would pay
- Care Home
Crescent House is a care home in Northampton. We provide residential care for older people, and we support people living with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with a visual or hearing impairment. Respite stays are available alongside permanent places. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is requires improvement, and we would rather put it at the start than leave it to be discovered. The inspection found things that were not good enough for the people living here. We have accepted those findings and we are working through them. Anyone considering the home should ask precisely what was identified and precisely what has changed since, and should press if the answer sounds general. What we are working towards is straightforward. A home where residents decide how their own day runs, where rooms belong to the people in them, where visitors come when it suits them, and where staff know the people they support properly. Where sight or hearing has failed, we take care to say who has come into the room, to describe what is happening and to keep belongings where the person expects them. Please visit before you decide anything, read the inspection report in full and form your own view.
- Older Person Care
- Dementia Care
- Physical Disability
- Visual / Hearing Impairment
- Respite Care
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Collingtree Park Care home in Northampton · Rated Good by CQC
CQC: good
110 Windingbrook Lane, Northampton, West Northamptonshire NN4 0XN
Weekly fees
£850 to £1,100 regional guide for the East Midlands, ask the home
Nursing on site
No, residential
Short stays
Yes, respite
CQC rated
Jul 2024
Run by
Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited
Local authority: West Northamptonshire Council · Check what you would pay
- Care Home
We are Collingtree Park, a residential care home in Northampton. We look after older people, including those living with dementia, and we also support younger adults whose needs suit a residential setting. Respite stays are available. Moving into a care home is a considerable upheaval, and we try to make it feel less like an ending than it can appear. People arrive with their own furniture, pictures and habits, and we work around those rather than expecting everybody to take on ours. What time you like to wake, where you want your breakfast, how sociable you feel on a given day: those decisions stay with you. For people living with dementia, most of the useful work is in the detail. Knowing somebody's history and the job they did. Recognising early what tends to unsettle them. Being willing to go at their pace rather than the rota's. That prevents far more distress than it costs in time. We also make a point of supporting what people can still do themselves, because losing that unnecessarily is very hard to put right and is often the thing people fear most. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. Relatives are welcome at any reasonable hour. Please ring us if you would like to visit.
- Older Person Care
- Dementia Care
- Younger Adults
- Respite Care
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Ardington House Care home in Northampton · Rated Good by CQC
CQC: good
Wellingborough Road, Northampton, West Northamptonshire NN1 4EX
Weekly fees
£850 to £1,100 regional guide for the East Midlands, ask the home
Nursing on site
No, residential
Short stays
Yes, respite
CQC rated
Feb 2020 over 6 years ago, ask what has changed
Run by
Oakwoods Care group Ltd
Local authority: West Northamptonshire Council · Check what you would pay
- Care Home
Ardington House is a residential care home in Northampton. We support adults with learning disabilities, autistic adults, people managing mental health conditions, people with physical disabilities and younger adults. Respite stays are available. We run this as a home that people live in rather than a service they receive. Rooms belong to the people in them and get arranged accordingly. The weekly shop is decided by the people who will eat it. Weekend plans are made by whoever is going. We ask rather than assume, and being told no is a perfectly good answer. Much of what we do is about widening what is possible rather than occupying the day. Cooking something you actually want. Getting confident with money. Managing a journey into town alone. Keeping a course, a job or a friendship going. Progress can be slow and can go backwards, and our part is to keep the chance open without pressure. Where a physical disability affects how somebody gets about, we design around the person rather than expecting them to accommodate the building. And where mental health is part of the picture, the useful thing is steadiness: keeping to what we have agreed and noticing when somebody is not themselves. The Care Quality Commission rated us good at our last inspection.
- Learning Disability / Autism
- Mental Health
- Physical Disability
- Younger Adults
- Respite Care
Flora Innes House Care home in Daventry · Rated Outstanding by CQC
CQC: outstanding
16 High Street, Daventry, West Northamptonshire NN11 6XH
Weekly fees
£850 to £1,100 regional guide for the East Midlands, ask the home
Nursing on site
No, residential
Short stays
Yes, respite
CQC rated
Jun 2026
Run by
Solden Hill House Limited
Local authority: West Northamptonshire Council · Check what you would pay
- Care Home
We are Flora Innes House, a residential care home in Daventry, West Northamptonshire, supporting adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults. We offer permanent places and respite stays. A home for a small number of people allows support to be genuinely individual rather than a compromise between competing demands. Staff here know everybody properly, including a great deal that never appears in a care plan, such as which sounds are unbearable on a difficult day and which subject will always improve one. We treat autism as something that shapes how a person experiences the place they live rather than as a line at the top of a file. Predictability matters. The sensory environment matters. Saying what is going to happen and when, and then being right about it, does more than any amount of reassurance, and when those things go wrong nothing else we do compensates for it. People here make their own choices and do as much for themselves as they can, with help offered rather than assumed. Respite guests visit beforehand where possible so that arriving is familiar rather than a shock.
- Learning Disability / Autism
- Respite Care
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The Warren Care home in Northampton
Kent Crescent, Northampton, West Northamptonshire NN5 4WE
Weekly fees
£850 to £1,100 regional guide for the East Midlands, ask the home
Nursing on site
No, residential
Short stays
Yes, respite
CQC rated
Not yet rated
Run by
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Local authority: West Northamptonshire Council · Check what you would pay
- Care Home
The Warren is a residential care home in Northampton supporting older people, younger adults, and people living with mental ill health. We keep the house calm and run it at a domestic pace. Before somebody moves in we ask how they like their day to go, what they want help with and what they would much rather do for themselves, and we write it down so it does not depend on who happens to be on duty. Help with washing, dressing and medication is offered quietly and at the time that suits the person. Where mental ill health is part of the picture, we work closely with community teams and make sure the person is properly involved in decisions about their own care rather than having them made overhead. Stability is what helps most, so routines stay steady and staff familiar, and we do not make a drama out of the harder days. There is company for those who want it and quiet for those who would rather be left alone. Families and friends are welcome, and we would much rather hear a concern early than late. Short respite stays are available, which can also be a sensible way of finding out whether the house suits before anyone commits to anything. Please get in touch if you would like to come and see us.
- Older Person Care
- Mental Health
- Younger Adults
- Respite Care
Christchurch View Care home in Northampton · Rated Good by CQC
CQC: good
Abington, Northampton, West Northamptonshire NN1 5LL
Weekly fees
£850 to £1,100 regional guide for the East Midlands, ask the home
Nursing on site
No, residential
Short stays
Yes, respite
CQC rated
Feb 2020 over 6 years ago, ask what has changed
Run by
Christchurch Court Limited
Local authority: West Northamptonshire Council · Check what you would pay
- Care Home
Christchurch View is a residential care home in Northampton supporting older people and younger adults, including people managing mental health conditions, people with physical disabilities and people with a visual or hearing impairment. A house shared by adults of different ages and very different needs only works if difference is expected rather than merely tolerated. Our residents do not want the same day as one another. Some want company from breakfast onwards, others prefer their own company until the afternoon. Some need a great deal of practical help, others mainly a settled base and staff who know them properly. Supporting people with mental health needs asks above all for consistency. Knowing what an unsettled period looks like for a particular person, what tends to help early on, and what is simply part of who they are rather than a symptom to be managed. We plan that with the person and with the professionals involved in their care. Respite stays are available. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good, and visitors are welcome.
- Older Person Care
- Mental Health
- Physical Disability
- Visual / Hearing Impairment
- Younger Adults
- Respite Care
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Hillcrest 2 Care home in Northampton · Rated Good by CQC
CQC: good
14 Hillcrest Avenue, Northampton, West Northamptonshire NN3 2AB
Weekly fees
£850 to £1,100 regional guide for the East Midlands, ask the home
Nursing on site
No, residential
Short stays
Yes, respite
CQC rated
Jan 2019 over 7 years ago, ask what has changed
Run by
Achieve Together Limited
Local authority: West Northamptonshire Council · Check what you would pay
- Care Home
We are Hillcrest, a residential care home in Northampton supporting adults with a learning disability and autistic adults. Most of the people who live here are younger adults. The home works rather like a shared household. People have their own rooms arranged the way they want them, the rest of the house belongs to everybody, and decisions about how things run are made with the people living here rather than for them. Meals get planned together and cooked together where people want to be involved. Support is built around the life each person wants. For some that means a full week of college, work or activities out in the community. For others it means a settled rhythm at home with familiar company. Both are entirely reasonable, and our job is to make either work properly. Where somebody wants to take on more for themselves, whether that is cooking, handling money or travelling independently, we work at it at their pace and we do not assume a ceiling on anybody. Communication is the foundation of this work. We take time to learn how each person expresses what they want, in whatever form that takes, and we make sure that knowledge is shared with every member of staff. We work closely with families, social workers and health professionals, and we offer respite stays as well as permanent places. Our most recent CQC overall rating is good. Please contact us to visit.
- Learning Disability / Autism
- Younger Adults
- Respite Care
The Moors Care home in Daventry · Rated Requires improvement by CQC
CQC: requires improvement
51 London End, Daventry, West Northamptonshire NN11 6DP
Weekly fees
£850 to £1,100 regional guide for the East Midlands, ask the home
Nursing on site
No, residential
Short stays
Yes, respite
CQC rated
Jan 2020 over 6 years ago, ask what has changed
Run by
William Blake House Northants
Local authority: West Northamptonshire Council · Check what you would pay
- Care Home
The Moors is a residential care home in Daventry supporting adults with a learning disability and autistic adults, including younger adults. We also offer respite stays. This is a home before it is anything else. People choose how their rooms look, what they eat, when they get up and how much of the day they want to spend in company. Those choices are most of what makes somewhere liveable, and they take consistent effort to protect. Support is planned around what each person wants to be able to do rather than only around risk. Cooking, shopping, handling money, using transport, getting to college, work or activities, and keeping up with family and friends. Where someone needs a great deal of help we still look for the parts they can take on themselves, because independence slips away quietly unless it is protected. We give real attention to communication and to the environment. We learn how each person tells us what they want, including those who use little or no speech, and we adapt to them. Noise, lighting, predictability and having somewhere quiet to go all shape how good a day somebody has. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is requires improvement. We are not going to talk around that. We know which areas were raised, work is in hand, and we would rather discuss it openly with anyone considering The Moors than have it come as a surprise. Please visit and ask us directly.
- Learning Disability / Autism
- Younger Adults
- Respite Care
Stoke House Care home in Northampton · Rated Good by CQC
CQC: good
145 Harborough Road, Northampton, West Northamptonshire NN2 8DL
Weekly fees
£850 to £1,100 regional guide for the East Midlands, ask the home
Nursing on site
No, residential
Short stays
Yes, respite
CQC rated
Dec 2019 over 6 years ago, ask what has changed
Run by
Mentaur Limited
Local authority: West Northamptonshire Council · Check what you would pay
- Care Home
Stoke House is a residential care home in Northampton, supporting adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults and people managing mental health conditions. Most of those living here are younger adults, and respite stays are part of what we do. This is a home rather than a placement, and the difference shows in ordinary decisions. People arrange their own rooms, share properly in the shopping and the meals, and have a hand in how the household runs. Where somebody can do a thing themselves, our job is to make it possible rather than to do it faster on their behalf. Attitude counts as much as skill here. Several of the people living with us have been judged rather than helped before, and staff who arrive with opinions about how somebody came to need support are of no use to them. We are careful with routine and generous with warning, because for several people here knowing what is happening is what makes a day workable. Our overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. We keep asking the people who live here what they would change about the place, and we act on it rather than recording it.
- Learning Disability / Autism
- Mental Health
- Younger Adults
- Respite Care
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Fields Country House Retirement Home Care home in Brackley · Rated Requires improvement by CQC
CQC: requires improvement
Halse Road, Brackley, West Northamptonshire NN13 6EA
Weekly fees
£850 to £1,100 regional guide for the East Midlands, ask the home
Nursing on site
No, residential
Short stays
Yes, respite
CQC rated
Aug 2022 over 4 years ago, ask what has changed
Run by
Brackley Fields Care Ltd
Local authority: West Northamptonshire Council · Check what you would pay
- Care Home
Brackley Fields Country House Retirement Home sits just outside Brackley in Northamptonshire. We offer a permanent home to older people and to some younger adults, and we also provide respite stays for those needing care for a short period or whose family carer needs a break. Most of our residents need help with personal care, moving about safely, medication and meals, and reassurance that somebody is nearby at night. Many are living with dementia, and that shapes how the whole house runs: a recognisable daily pattern, the same familiar staff, people's own belongings left where they put them, and time given to somebody who is anxious rather than argument. We should be honest with you about where we stand. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is requires improvement. We would rather set that out plainly than have you find it elsewhere. We know what the inspectors raised with us, we are working through it, and we will talk openly about any of it with families and professionals who ask. What we have to offer alongside that is a genuinely pleasant setting, food cooked on the premises, grounds that get used when the weather allows, and visitors welcome without appointment. Please come and see us and ask the difficult questions.
- Older Person Care
- Dementia Care
- Younger Adults
- Respite Care
Wilton House Care home in Northampton · Rated Good by CQC
CQC: good
74 Kingsley Road, Northampton, West Northamptonshire NN2 7BL
Weekly fees
£850 to £1,100 regional guide for the East Midlands, ask the home
Nursing on site
No, residential
Short stays
Yes, respite
CQC rated
Jan 2026
Run by
Mentaur Limited
Local authority: West Northamptonshire Council · Check what you would pay
- Care Home
Wilton House is a residential care home in Northampton supporting adults with learning disabilities, autistic adults, and people living with mental health conditions. Most of the people living here are younger adults. We treat the house as belonging to the people who live in it. They arrange their own rooms, take part in the shopping and cooking as much as they want to, and decide how their days are spent. We support people to get out to work, to college, to clubs, to appointments and to see family. Support is individual and agreed with the person. Communication gets particular attention here, using speech, signing, symbols, objects of reference or simply the understanding that comes from living alongside somebody. Where a person is managing a mental health condition, a calm and predictable household tends to do more good than anything else we could offer, and we build the week around that rather than around a timetable. Short respite stays are available alongside permanent places. Our most recent rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. Please contact us if you would like to visit and see the house.
- Learning Disability / Autism
- Mental Health
- Younger Adults
- Respite Care
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Richardson Duston Care home in Northampton · Rated Good by CQC
CQC: good
23 Duston Road, Northampton, West Northamptonshire NN5 5AR
Weekly fees
£850 to £1,100 regional guide for the East Midlands, ask the home
Nursing on site
No, residential
Short stays
Yes, respite
CQC rated
Aug 2025
Run by
Richardson Duston Limited
Local authority: West Northamptonshire Council · Check what you would pay
- Care Home
Richardson Duston is a care home in Northampton. We provide residential care for adults with a learning disability and autistic adults, including older people as well as younger adults, and we offer respite stays alongside permanent places. The people who live here are adults with their own views about how they want to live, and we work on that basis. Everyone has a say in what goes on the shopping list, what is cooked, how their room looks, where they go and who comes to see them. Some use local groups and facilities, some have work or classes, and some prefer a quieter week with a few things they enjoy properly. Something we pay attention to is what happens as people get older. Needs change with age for everybody, and for somebody with a learning disability those changes are too often missed or put down to the disability itself. We watch for that and act on it. Communication takes the most effort. Where speech is not how a person tells us things, we learn the way they do, and we treat behaviour as information. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. Families and social workers are welcome to visit and ask us whatever matters to them.
- Older Person Care
- Learning Disability / Autism
- Younger Adults
- Respite Care
St Albans Close Care home in Northampton
1-2 St. Albans Close, Northampton, West Northamptonshire NN3 2RJ
Weekly fees
£850 to £1,100 regional guide for the East Midlands, ask the home
Nursing on site
No, residential
Short stays
Yes, respite
CQC rated
Not yet rated
Run by
Authentic Kare Company Limited
Local authority: West Northamptonshire Council · Check what you would pay
- Care Home
St Albans Close is a care home in Northampton. We provide residential care for adults with a learning disability and autistic adults, both younger adults and older people, and we offer respite stays alongside permanent places. We are registered with the Care Quality Commission and have not yet been given an overall rating. We would rather say that plainly than leave it unmentioned, and we would encourage families and social workers to visit and judge us on what they find. What we are building is a house where the people living here have genuine say. The shopping, the cooking, how rooms look, where people go and who comes to see them are decisions that belong to the residents, not to a staff meeting. Some go out to work or college, some use local groups, and some prefer a quieter week with a few things they enjoy properly. Most of our effort goes into communication and predictability. Where somebody does not use speech, we learn the way they tell us things, and routines stay steady with changes explained well in advance. Please come and visit if you are considering a placement.
- Older Person Care
- Learning Disability / Autism
- Younger Adults
- Respite Care
Timken Grange Care home in Northampton · Rated Good by CQC
CQC: good
Timken Way South, Northampton, West Northamptonshire NN5 6FR
Weekly fees
£850 to £1,100 regional guide for the East Midlands, ask the home
Nursing on site
No, residential
Short stays
Yes, respite
CQC rated
Jan 2023 over 3 years ago, ask what has changed
Run by
Anchor Hanover Group
Local authority: West Northamptonshire Council · Check what you would pay
- Care Home
Timken Grange is a residential care home in Northampton. We provide care for older people, including those living with dementia, and we offer respite stays alongside permanent places. We keep things straightforward. People usually come to us because managing at home had become hard work, and what they want back is some ease. Meals they do not have to plan or cook. Help when washing and dressing has become a struggle. Somebody who notices when they are not themselves. Company when they want it and quiet when they do not. Residents carry on running their own lives as far as they are able, choosing their routines, arranging their rooms and deciding how much of the day to spend downstairs. We ask people to bring their own furniture and pictures, because a room that looks like yours makes settling in far easier. Dementia care here is built on consistency rather than anything elaborate. Familiar staff, a steady rhythm to the day, and knowing something about a person's earlier life. Families usually supply the details that explain everything, and we ask for them early. When somebody is unsettled, we look for the reason rather than simply calming the moment. Family and friends are welcome at sensible hours and are part of the household rather than visitors to be managed. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. Please come and look round Timken Grange.
- Older Person Care
- Dementia Care
- Respite Care
The Orchard Care home in Daventry · Rated Good by CQC
CQC: good
Malabar Fields, Daventry, West Northamptonshire NN11 4DP
Weekly fees
£850 to £1,100 regional guide for the East Midlands, ask the home
Nursing on site
No, residential
Short stays
Yes, respite
CQC rated
Sep 2021 over 5 years ago, ask what has changed
Run by
Accomplish Group Limited
Local authority: West Northamptonshire Council · Check what you would pay
- Care Home
The Orchard is a residential care home in Daventry supporting a wide range of adults. We provide care for older people and for people living with dementia, and we also support adults with a learning disability, autistic adults, people living with mental ill health, people with a physical disability, people with visual or hearing impairment and younger adults. Some of the people we support are affected by alcohol or drug misuse. Respite stays are available too. Supporting such a mixed group means there is no single way of running the home, and we do not pretend otherwise. What we aim for is a place where people are taken as they come and where support is built around the individual. Some residents need a very structured day. Others need the opposite, plenty of freedom and somewhere stable to come back to. We work without judgement. People who have struggled with addiction often arrive expecting to be treated as a problem to be managed, and that is not our approach. Where sight, hearing or mobility is affected, we adapt the practical side properly. With dementia, familiar faces and a steady rhythm do most of the work. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. Please come and visit The Orchard.
- Older Person Care
- Dementia Care
- Learning Disability / Autism
- Mental Health
- Physical Disability
- Visual / Hearing Impairment
- Younger Adults
- Respite Care
- Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Pinetrees Care home in Northampton · Rated Good by CQC
CQC: good
The Avenue, Northampton, West Northamptonshire NN5 7AJ
Weekly fees
£850 to £1,100 regional guide for the East Midlands, ask the home
Nursing on site
No, residential
Short stays
Yes, respite
CQC rated
Feb 2018 over 8 years ago, ask what has changed
Run by
Accomplish Group Limited
Local authority: West Northamptonshire Council · Check what you would pay
- Care Home
Pinetrees is a care home in Northampton supporting a wide range of adults. We provide residential care for older people and for people living with dementia, and we also support adults with a learning disability, autistic adults, people living with mental ill health, people with a physical disability, people with visual or hearing impairment and younger adults. Some of the people we support are recovering from problems with alcohol or drugs. Respite stays are available too. Supporting such a mixed group means we cannot run the home to a single template, and we do not try. What we aim for instead is a place where people are taken as they come and where support is built around the individual. Some residents need a very structured day. Others need the opposite, a lot of freedom and somewhere stable to return to. We work out which is which by asking and by paying attention. We take recovery seriously and without judgement. People who have struggled with alcohol or drugs often arrive expecting to be treated as a problem, and that is not how we approach it. The same goes for people with a long history of mental ill health. Practically, we help with personal care, medication, meals, appointments and the business of ordinary life, while backing people to keep hold of whatever independence they have. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. If Pinetrees might suit someone you are supporting, come and visit and ask us anything.
- Older Person Care
- Dementia Care
- Learning Disability / Autism
- Mental Health
- Physical Disability
- Visual / Hearing Impairment
- Younger Adults
- Respite Care
- Alcohol / Drug Misuse
The Moors Care home in Daventry · Rated Requires improvement by CQC
CQC: requires improvement
51 London End, Daventry, West Northamptonshire NN11 6DP
Weekly fees
£850 to £1,100 regional guide for the East Midlands, ask the home
Nursing on site
No, residential
Short stays
Ask the home
CQC rated
Dec 2020 over 5 years ago, ask what has changed
Run by
Camphill Milton Keynes Communities Limited
Local authority: West Northamptonshire Council · Check what you would pay
- Care Home
The Moors is a residential care home in Daventry, supporting older people and younger adults in West Northamptonshire, including people with a learning disability and autistic people. We should deal with the rating first. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is requires improvement. We are not going to talk around that. Inspectors found things that were not good enough, we accept the findings rather than argue with them, and we are working through what was identified. Anyone considering the home should ask us directly what was raised and what has changed since, and expect a proper answer instead of reassurance. What we are trying to do here has not altered. People have their own rooms and their own things, a say in the food and the shopping, and support built around what they want their week to contain. For residents with a learning disability that means doing things alongside them rather than for them, and being patient while a skill is genuinely learned. For autistic residents it means predictability, honest information about what happens next, and respecting the things that make an environment tolerable. Communication is where most of our effort goes, because some of the people here do not use speech and almost every serious problem in settings like ours starts with somebody not being listened to. Visit us, more than once if it helps, and judge the house as it is now rather than as a grade describes it.
- Older Person Care
- Learning Disability / Autism
- Younger Adults
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What care homes cost in West Northamptonshire, per week
| Type of care | What the council pays | What self-funders are typically asked |
|---|---|---|
| Residential care East Midlands figure, because too few West Northamptonshire homes publish this price. 34 homes. Median £1,356. | £965 | £1,233 to £1,449 |
| Nursing care England figure, because too few West Northamptonshire homes publish this price. 140 homes. Median £1,916. | £1,060 | £1,600 to £2,071 |
| Residential dementia care East Midlands figure, because too few West Northamptonshire homes publish this price. 20 homes. Median £1,350. | Not published separately | £1,278 to £1,475 |
| Nursing dementia care England figure, because too few West Northamptonshire homes publish this price. 75 homes. Median £2,050. | Not published separately | £1,890 to £2,221 |
Published prices are often starting prices, and come from homes that publish fees, so treat them as a guide. Ask the home for its own price. Powered by Orrery Intelligence.
CQC inspection dates for care homes in West Northamptonshire
Inspected most recently
- Orchard View 3 July 2026, Good
- Flora Innes House 18 June 2026, Outstanding
- Fair Haven Care Home 9 June 2026, Good
Longest since a CQC report
- Orchard Hill 30 December 2017, Good
- Pinetrees 2 February 2018, Good
- Farm Cottage 20 February 2018, Requires improvement
Arranging and funding a care home place in West Northamptonshire
Behind every placement sit two quite separate decisions. One establishes what care a person actually needs; the other establishes who pays for it. Both belong to the local authority, both cost nothing to request, and neither depends on whether the family expects to fund the place themselves. Confusing the two is what causes most of the delay families run into.
The care needs assessment
Anyone who appears to need care and support can ask West Northamptonshire Council Adult Social Care for an assessment. A practitioner works through mobility, washing and dressing, medication, nutrition, memory and safety, then records which needs are eligible and whether they can still be met at home. That view is what narrows a list of this size, because it settles whether residential care is the right setting at all. Anyone caring unpaid for the person can request an assessment of their own needs at the same time, which is frequently forgotten when a move is being discussed.
Fees and contributions
The financial assessment is a separate exercise, weighing capital and income against limits set nationally. Someone above the upper capital limit funds their own place, while those below it contribute an assessed amount from income and keep a protected allowance for personal spending. A property is often counted, though it can be disregarded in defined circumstances, including where a spouse continues to live there, so put the question directly rather than assuming. Homes charging more than the council will meet usually require a third party contribution, and the figure should be agreed in writing before anyone moves in.
Choosing between care homes in West Northamptonshire
With 67 homes listed and grades spread more widely than in some areas, the published evidence has real work to do before you spend time visiting.
Reading the ratings honestly
Thirty six of these homes are rated Good and five are rated Outstanding, so a strong shortlist is certainly achievable. Nineteen carry a Requires Improvement rating, which is a larger share than families often expect, and those reports should be read properly rather than used as a simple filter. The concern behind such a grade varies enormously, from governance and record keeping to matters that affect residents directly, and some homes will have moved on considerably since. Five homes have no published rating, generally reflecting recent registration or a change of provider, and there the questions concern who is running the home and what they have done before.
What to establish on a visit
Visit at a busy time, ideally around a meal, and watch how staff speak to residents who cannot easily answer. Ask how long the registered manager has been in post, what staff turnover has been like and how many of the team are permanent rather than agency. Find out what happens if a resident's needs increase, whether they would have to move, and how the home arranges medical attention out of hours. Ask for the contract, the weekly fee and a clear list of what is charged on top, and speak to a relative of someone already living there if the chance arises.
Frequently asked questions about care homes in West Northamptonshire
How many care homes are there in West Northamptonshire?
West Northamptonshire has 67 CQC registered care homes: 6 Outstanding, 36 Good, 20 Requires improvement, 5 not yet rated. Counts come from the CQC register and are kept up to date as ratings change.
How much does a care home cost in West Northamptonshire?
West Northamptonshire Council pays an average of £965 a week for residential care. Self-funders are typically asked £1,233 to £1,449 a week. East Midlands figure, because too few West Northamptonshire homes publish this price. 34 homes. Median £1,356. Published prices are often starting prices, and come from homes that publish fees, so treat them as a guide. Ask the home for its own price.
Which care homes in West Northamptonshire were inspected most recently?
Orchard View (3 July 2026), Flora Innes House (18 June 2026) and Fair Haven Care Home (9 June 2026) have the most recent CQC reports.
How do I arrange a care needs assessment in West Northamptonshire?
Contact adult social care at West Northamptonshire Council and describe what has changed and why residential care is being considered. The assessment is free and cannot be withheld because of savings. A practitioner will record which needs are eligible and give a view on whether they can still be met at home. Keep the written outcome, because homes and any funder will both want to see it.
Will West Northamptonshire Council contribute towards care home fees?
It may, once a needs assessment has shown residential care is required and a financial assessment has looked at capital and income. Those above the national upper capital limit pay for their own place, while people below it contribute an assessed amount from income. Property is frequently taken into account, although it can be disregarded in particular circumstances. If the home chosen costs more than the council will fund, a third party normally has to meet the difference.
How many care homes are listed in West Northamptonshire?
Sixty five registered residential care homes appear on this page. The list covers small independent houses as well as homes run by larger operators, and each profile names the registered provider and gives the address. Registration categories differ, so checking the profile is more reliable than judging from the name. Comparing a handful of profiles together is the quickest route to a shortlist.
What is the difference between a care home and a nursing home?
A care home provides accommodation, meals and personal care such as help with washing, dressing and medication. A nursing home does all of that with registered nurses on duty, so it can manage wounds, tube feeding, complex medication and conditions that can change quickly. The homes on this page are registered for residential care, meaning nursing input comes from community nurses visiting. Where health needs are expected to grow substantially, a home registered for nursing can avoid a later move.
How far in advance should we start looking?
Begin while there is still time to compare rather than waiting until a decision is forced on the family. Assessment, financial checks and each home's own pre admission visit all take time. Several weeks of lead time lets you see homes at different points in the day and follow up on anything an inspection report raised. Where circumstances are already urgent, say so clearly at the first point of contact.
What should we ask when visiting a care home here?
Ask about staffing levels during the day and at night, and how much of the team is permanent. Find out how long the manager has been in post and what has changed since the last inspection, particularly if the report noted concerns. Ask how a doctor is called outside surgery hours and how families are told when something changes. Request the fee in writing together with a list of anything billed separately.
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Local authority support in West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire Council arranges and funds adult social care in this area. Use these official council links to check funding, request an assessment and get support.
Adult social care website West Northamptonshire Council
Council service pages 9 of 19
- Request a care needs assessment (Care Act assessment)
- Carer's assessment (for unpaid carers)
- Charging policy — non-residential care
- Hospital discharge / Discharge to Assess
- Paying for care / financial assessment (means test)
- Reablement / intermediate care services
- Safeguarding adults — how to report concerns
- Self-funder guidance (including right to request council-arranged care)
- Transitions — children's to adult services (age 14–25)
Guides for choosing a care home
Plain-English advice on choosing and paying for care homes.
- What Is a Care Home? A Plain English Guide for Families 8 min read
- Residential Care Homes: Costs, Eligibility, Types and How to Choose the Right Care Home 13 min read
- NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC), Explained in Plain English 12 min read
- The £86,000 Care Cost Cap, Explained in Plain English 17 min read
Free care planning tools
Tools to help you understand your options, check funding eligibility, and plan ahead.
- Personalised Assistant Answer a few questions and get a tailored list of suitable care homes.
- Concierge Answer 13 questions about care needs, location, and preferences to receive a personalised shortlist of matched homes.
- Funding Calculator Estimate how much care will cost and what financial support may be available.
- CHC Assessment Check whether your relative may qualify for NHS Continuing Healthcare funding.
- CHC DST Assessment Complete the Decision Support Tool used in NHS CHC funding assessments.
- Map Explorer Browse care homes near you on an interactive map.
Provider information is sourced from the Care Quality Commission (CQC), last updated September 2026.