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?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
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. ?
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. ?
Icknield Court is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 29 other homes in Buckinghamshire.
73% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by The Fremantle Trust, Icknield Court is a residential care home in Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire with 90 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers older people and people with dementia. That is larger than most homes in Buckinghamshire, where the typical home has 30 beds.
About 1.9 km away, Cherry Tree Nursing Home is rated Good. 11 of The Fremantle Trust’s 14 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. Across Buckinghamshire, 73% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in March 2026. 90% of homes in Buckinghamshire also score 5.
CQC last rated the home in October 2021, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, caring, responsive and well-led as well. CQC rated effective as Good. That is up from Inadequate in September 2020. At over 5 years old, this rating is older than most. 54% of ratings in Buckinghamshire are as old (how rating age varies by council).
