Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvementRated 1 year ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?56%Requires improvement
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Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?46%Requires improvement
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Consent to care and treatmentSignificant shortfalls
Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?65%Good
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?54%Requires improvement
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?57%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 10 good, 23 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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. ?
Oaklodge Care 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%).
Oaklodge Care Home is a 36-bed residential care home in Northampton, West Northamptonshire, run by Restgate Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and younger adults. That is larger than most homes in West Northamptonshire, where the typical home has 22 beds.
CQC last rated the home in October 2025, giving it Requires improvement overall. Safe, effective, responsive and well-led were also Requires improvement. Caring was rated Good. Its previous rating, in April 2018, was Good, so the home has slipped. Ratings in West Northamptonshire are typically about 3 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 23 fell below good. The lowest was “consent to care and treatment” (significant shortfalls).
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in December 2025. That is true of 93% of homes in West Northamptonshire. In West Northamptonshire, 70% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). The nearest home with a higher rating is Timken Grange (Good), 0.4 km away.
