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Willow Brook House

77 South Road, Corby, NN17 1XD · North Northamptonshire · East Midlands

43 beds · operated by St. Matthews Limited

CQC overall rating
Requires improvement17 Feb 2024

Diligence verdict

Rated Requires improvement overall, and the rating is 2 years old, and 4 of this operator's 7 rated homes are below Good.

Below Good on
SafeRequires improvement17 Feb 2024
EffectiveRequires improvement17 Feb 2024
ResponsiveRequires improvement17 Feb 2024
Well-ledRequires improvement17 Feb 2024
Age of rating
2 years old — published 17 Feb 2024. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
Operator's wider portfolio
4 of 7 of St. Matthews Limited'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 improvement17 Feb 2024
EffectiveRequires improvement17 Feb 2024
CaringGood17 Feb 2024
ResponsiveRequires improvement17 Feb 2024
Well-ledRequires improvement17 Feb 2024

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 — 6 other locations

Other active services registered to St. Matthews Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.

NameOverall rating (published)Local authority
Althorp GrangeRequires improvement11 Dec 2025West Northamptonshire
Hawthorne HouseRequires improvement6 Sep 2024Coventry
Kingsthorpe GrangeGood9 Sep 2025West Northamptonshire
Maple Leaf HouseGood20 Aug 2019rating 3+ yrs oldCoventry
St Matthews Limited - The AvenueGood6 Mar 2026West Northamptonshire
St Matthews UnitRequires improvement2 Sep 2023West Northamptonshire

Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

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Provenance & registration
Registered with CQC
21 Jul 2022
Beds
43
Sector
Social Care Org
On CQC’s site
cqc.org.uk/location/1-10759026417

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