Nursing home · West Northamptonshire

Apollo House

Argyle House, The Avenue, Dallington, Northampton, NN5 7AJ

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 3 years ago

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 23 December 2022 Rated 3 years ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Requires improvement
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Requires improvement
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement

Earlier ratings ?

  • June 2021Requires improvementSECRW
  • December 2020Inspected, no new rating
  • June 2019Requires improvementSECRW previous owner
  • January 2019InadequateSECRW previous owner
  • May 2018Requires improvementSECRW previous owner
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  • August 2016GoodSECRW previous owner
  • August 2015Requires improvementSECRW previous owner

The home changed owner or registration. Earlier ratings are on the CQC website: previous registration ↗.

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in West Northamptonshire

Apollo House is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 27 other homes in West Northamptonshire. 70% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 11 (11%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 3 (3%)
  • Good 44 (42%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 10 (10%)
  • Requires improvement 28 (27%)
  • Inadequate 1 (1%)
  • Not yet rated 7 (7%)

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What the data says about Apollo House

Admire Healthcare Ltd runs Apollo House, a nursing home in Northampton, West Northamptonshire with room for 61 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people and people with dementia. Most homes in West Northamptonshire are smaller: the median there is 22 beds.

CQC rated it Requires improvement overall and in all five key questions in December 2022. Its rating before that, in June 2021, was the same.

About 0.0 km away, Pinetrees is rated Good. In West Northamptonshire, 70% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in July 2025. That is true of 93% of homes in West Northamptonshire.