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Althorp Grange

Holdenby Road, Northampton, NN6 8LD · West Northamptonshire · East Midlands

57 beds · operated by St. Matthews Limited

CQC overall rating
Requires improvement11 Dec 2025

Diligence verdict

Rated Requires improvement overall, and 4 of this operator's 7 rated homes are below Good.

Below Good on
SafeRequires improvement11 Dec 2025
CaringRequires improvement11 Dec 2025
Well-ledRequires improvement11 Dec 2025
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 improvement11 Dec 2025
EffectiveGood11 Dec 2025
CaringRequires improvement11 Dec 2025
ResponsiveGood11 Dec 2025
Well-ledRequires improvement11 Dec 2025

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
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
Willow Brook HouseRequires improvement17 Feb 2024North Northamptonshire

Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

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Provenance & registration
Registered with CQC
5 Apr 2012
Beds
57
Sector
Social Care Org
On CQC’s site
cqc.org.uk/location/1-390976877

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.