SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?56%Requires improvement
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Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Learning cultureGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?70%Good
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?62%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 24 good, 9 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. ?
Penrith Drive is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 19 other homes in North Northamptonshire.
80% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Royal Mencap Society runs Penrith Drive, a residential care home in Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire with room for 6 residents. Its CQC registration covers people with a learning disability or autism. It is a small home for North Northamptonshire, where the median is 24 beds.
CQC last rated the home in June 2025, giving it Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. Its rating before that, in August 2023, was the same. The typical rating in North Northamptonshire is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 9 fell below good. The lowest was “safe environments” (significant shortfalls).
In North Northamptonshire, 80% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). About 0.2 km away, Bilton Court is rated Good. Royal Mencap Society runs 26 care homes, and 25 of the 26 rated are Good or Outstanding.
