Nursing home · North Northamptonshire

Avery Park Care Home

231 Rockingham Road, Kettering, NN16 9JB

Good Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good Rated 1 year ago No registered manager

CQC rating

Good
Published 29 October 2025 Rated 1 year ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?72%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown1 of 8 below good
    • Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
    • Infection prevention and controlGood
    • Involving people to manage risksGood
    • Learning cultureGood
    • Safe and effective staffingGood
    • Safe environmentsGood
    • Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
    • SafeguardingGood
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?67%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown2 of 6 below good
    • Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
    • Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
    • Assessing needsGood
    • Consent to care and treatmentGood
    • How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
    • Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 5 good
    • Independence, choice and controlGood
    • Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
    • Responding to people's immediate needsGood
    • Treating people as individualsGood
    • Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 7 good
    • Care provision, integration and continuityGood
    • Equity in accessGood
    • Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
    • Listening to and involving peopleGood
    • Person-centred careGood
    • Planning for the futureGood
    • Providing InformationGood
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?71%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown1 of 7 below good
    • Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
    • Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
    • Freedom to speak upGood
    • Learning, improvement and innovationGood
    • Partnerships and communitiesGood
    • Shared direction and cultureGood
    • Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood

Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?

CQC scored 33 standards: 29 good, 4 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?

CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • July 2022GoodSECRW

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in North Northamptonshire

Avery Park Care Home is in the Good tier ?, with 62 other homes in North Northamptonshire. 80% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 7 (6%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 2 (2%)
  • Good 63 (58%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 11 (10%)
  • Requires improvement 20 (19%)
  • Inadequate 1 (1%)
  • Not yet rated 4 (4%)

See all 108 care homes in North Northamptonshire →

Care homes nearby

  • Parvale House
    Kettering, North Northamptonshire · NN16 9JB · Residential care home · 6 bedsunder 0.1 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 1 year ago
  • Thorndale
    Kettering, North Northamptonshire · NN16 9FW · Residential care home · 60 beds0.2 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Weston Villa
    Kettering, North Northamptonshire · NN16 9JA · Residential care home · 8 beds0.4 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
  • Ashley Court Care Home
    Kettering, North Northamptonshire · NN16 9QT · Residential care home · 38 beds0.4 km
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 4 years ago
  • SENSE - 129 Neale Avenue
    Kettering, North Northamptonshire · NN16 9HG · Residential care home · 6 beds0.5 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 months ago
  • Burghley
    Kettering, North Northamptonshire · NN16 9LQ · Residential care home · 6 beds0.7 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago

More care homes near NN16 9JB →

Avery Park Care Home at a glance

Artisan Care Kettering Limited runs Avery Park Care Home, a nursing home in Kettering, North Northamptonshire with room for 120 residents. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. The typical home in North Northamptonshire has 24 beds, so this one is bigger than average.

In October 2025, CQC gave it Good overall, and Good for each of the five key questions too. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in July 2022. Ratings in North Northamptonshire are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 4 fell below good. The lowest was “delivering evidence-based care and treatment” (some shortfalls).

The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from September 2025. That is true of 99% of homes in North Northamptonshire. In North Northamptonshire, 80% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment.