Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 3 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. ?
Highfield is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 27 other homes in West Northamptonshire.
70% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Mentaur Limited, Highfield is a residential care home in Northampton, West Northamptonshire with 6 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers younger adults, people with a learning disability or autism and people with mental health needs. It is a small home for West Northamptonshire, where the median is 22 beds.
CQC's latest rating, from March 2023, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. Its previous rating, in March 2018, was Good, so the home has slipped.
In West Northamptonshire, 70% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in September 2019. That is true of 93% of homes in West Northamptonshire. 8 of Mentaur Limited’s 10 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). About 0.2 km away, Phoenix House is rated Good.
