SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
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?Good
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. ?
Otterbourne House is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 51 other homes in Hampshire.
85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Otterbourne House is a 9-bed residential care home in Winchester, Hampshire, run by Community Homes of Intensive Care and Education Limited. Its CQC registration covers younger adults, people with a learning disability or autism and children. That is smaller than most homes in Hampshire, where the typical home has 25 beds.
Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in March 2025. 84% of homes in Hampshire also score 5. Across Hampshire, 85% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Community Homes of Intensive Care and Education Limited runs 65 care homes, and 60 of the 65 rated are Good or Outstanding. Of the 5 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.
CQC last rated the home in July 2021, giving it Good overall. Safe, caring, responsive and well-led were also Good. Effective was rated Requires improvement. Its previous rating, in July 2019, was Requires improvement, so the home has improved. At over 5 years old, this rating is older than most. 46% of ratings in Hampshire are as old (how rating age varies by council).
