Residential care home · West Northamptonshire

Brackley Fields Country House Retirement Home

Halse Road, Brackley, NN13 6EA

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 4 years ago ↓ Down from Good

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 17 August 2022 Rated 4 years ago ?
  • 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?Requires improvement
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement

Earlier ratings ?

  • September 2019GoodSECRW
  • July 2018Requires improvementSECRW
  • December 2017Requires improvementSECRW
  • February 2017Requires improvementSECRW
  • July 2016Requires improvementSECRW

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

Brackley Fields Country House Retirement Home 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 Brackley Fields Country House Retirement Home

Run by Brackley Fields Care Ltd, Brackley Fields Country House Retirement Home is a residential care home in Brackley, West Northamptonshire with 35 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and younger adults. Most homes in West Northamptonshire are smaller: the median there is 22 beds.

CQC's latest rating, from August 2022, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, responsive and well-led as well. Effective and caring were rated Good. Before that, in September 2019, it was rated Good.

Across West Northamptonshire, 70% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in July 2026. That is true of 93% of homes in West Northamptonshire. The nearest home with a higher rating is Juniper House (Good), 0.7 km away.