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The Chestnuts

296 Bedford Road, Rushden, NN10 0SE · North Northamptonshire · East Midlands

6 beds · operated by Achieve Together Limited, part of Achieve Together

CQC overall rating
Requires improvement28 Sep 2022rating 3+ yrs old

CQC marks this as an inherited rating — carried over from the location's previous registration (for example after a change of ownership), not from an inspection of the current registration.

Diligence verdict

Rated Requires improvement overall, and the rating is 3 years old, and 30 of this operator's 182 rated homes are below Good.

Below Good on
SafeRequires improvement28 Sep 2022rating 3+ yrs old
EffectiveRequires improvement28 Sep 2022rating 3+ yrs old
CaringRequires improvement28 Sep 2022rating 3+ yrs old
Well-ledRequires improvement28 Sep 2022rating 3+ yrs old
Age of rating
3 years old — published 28 Sep 2022. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
Operator's wider portfolio
30 of 182 of Achieve Together Limited's rated homes are Requires improvement or Inadequate. See the operator.

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

The five key questions

Key questionRatingPublished
SafeRequires improvementrating 3+ yrs old28 Sep 2022
EffectiveRequires improvementrating 3+ yrs old28 Sep 2022
CaringRequires improvementrating 3+ yrs old28 Sep 2022
ResponsiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old28 Sep 2022
Well-ledRequires improvementrating 3+ yrs old28 Sep 2022

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 — 188 other locations

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

NameOverall rating (published)Local authority
1 Charmandean RoadRequires improvement24 Jun 2022rating 3+ yrs oldWest Sussex
1 Fengates RoadGood5 Mar 2026Surrey
100 Goldstone CrescentGood25 Feb 2023rating 3+ yrs oldBrighton and Hove
101 Cheam RoadGood16 Jun 2022rating 3+ yrs oldSutton
16 Hawthorn CrescentGood1 Jul 2022rating 3+ yrs oldWest Sussex
17 Heathcote RoadGood12 Mar 2022rating 3+ yrs oldSurrey
179 Green LaneGood5 Apr 2022rating 3+ yrs oldMerton
18 Hawthorn CrescentGood4 Aug 2022rating 3+ yrs oldWest Sussex
21a Victoria RoadGood26 Jan 2018rating 3+ yrs oldEssex
23 Pierrepoint RoadRequires improvement6 Apr 2026Ealing
23 Valley RoadGood23 Feb 2022rating 3+ yrs oldHampshire
231 Brook LaneGood14 Jan 2025Hampshire

…and 176 more. See the full group view.

Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

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Provenance & registration
Registered with CQC
5 Nov 2025
Beds
6
Sector
Social Care Org
On CQC’s site
cqc.org.uk/location/1-22160036693

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.