Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 2 years ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement
CQC hasn't inspected this home for more than 5 years. It re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating doesn't count against a home on this site, but it may not reflect the home today. ?
Allington Court Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 49 other homes in Hertfordshire.
76% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
What the data says about Allington Court Care Home
Allington Court Care Home is a 44-bed nursing home in St Albans, Hertfordshire, run by Bupa Care Homes (BNH) Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism.
CQC last rated the home in January 2024, giving it Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. Before that, in June 2020, it was rated Good. That is more recent than most ratings in Hertfordshire, where the typical rating is about 5 years old.
About 0.0 km away, Tenterden House Care Home is rated Outstanding. It is one of 26 homes run by Bupa Care Homes (BNH) Limited. 21 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. Across Hertfordshire, 76% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in October 2026. That is true of 92% of homes in Hertfordshire.
