Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvementRated 4 years ago↓ Down from OutstandingNew owner since July 2026
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
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. ?
The home changed owner in July 2026. Its rating dates from before the change. ?
This rating was carried over from the home's previous registration, usually after a change of owner. ?
Farm Cottage is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 27 other homes in West Northamptonshire.
70% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Camphill Milton Keynes Communities Limited runs Farm Cottage, a residential care home in Towcester, West Northamptonshire with room for 5 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people, younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism. That is smaller than most homes in West Northamptonshire, where the typical home has 22 beds.
CQC last rated the home in September 2022, giving it Requires improvement overall. Safe, responsive and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated effective and caring as Good. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. That is down from Outstanding in February 2018.
