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Care home

Hunsbury House

8 Long Acres, Northampton, NN4 0QF · West Northamptonshire · East Midlands

6 beds · operated by Oakleaf Care (Hartwell) Limited, part of CareTech Community Services

CQC overall rating
Good20 Apr 2026

Diligence verdict

Rated Good overall, but Effective is Requires improvement (20 Apr 2026).

Below Good on
EffectiveRequires improvement20 Apr 2026
Operator's wider portfolio
All 8 of Oakleaf Care (Hartwell) Limited's rated homes are Good or better. See the operator.

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

The five key questions

Key questionRatingPublished
SafeGood20 Apr 2026
EffectiveRequires improvement20 Apr 2026
CaringGood20 Apr 2026
ResponsiveGood20 Apr 2026
Well-ledGood20 Apr 2026

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 — 8 other locations

Other active services registered to Oakleaf Care (Hartwell) Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.

NameOverall rating (published)Local authority
Cunningham HouseOutstanding30 Jun 2018rating 3+ yrs oldWest Northamptonshire
Oakleaf DCANot yet ratedWest Northamptonshire
Orchard HouseOutstanding24 Jan 2024West Northamptonshire
The CotswoldsGood8 Dec 2025West Northamptonshire
The Oakleaf Care Group (Hartwell) LimitedOutstanding30 Jun 2018rating 3+ yrs oldWest Northamptonshire
Weston Favell HousesGood8 Dec 2025West Northamptonshire
Weston Favell HousesGood8 Dec 2025West Northamptonshire
Weston Favell HousesGood2 Jan 2026West Northamptonshire

Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

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Provenance & registration
Registered with CQC
10 May 2011
Beds
6
Sector
Social Care Org
On CQC’s site
cqc.org.uk/location/1-229415621

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.