SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
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?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. ?
Polebrook Nursing Home is in the Good tier ?, with 62 other homes in North Northamptonshire.
80% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Polebrook Nursing Home is a 52-bed nursing home in Peterborough, North Northamptonshire, run by Birchester Care Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with mental health needs. Most homes in North Northamptonshire are smaller: the median there is 24 beds.
Across North Northamptonshire, 80% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from May 2026. 99% of homes in North Northamptonshire also score 5. Of the 5 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. Birchester Care Limited runs 2 care homes, and 1 of the 2 rated are Good or Outstanding.
Its CQC rating, from September 2023, is Good across the board: overall and for every key question. Its rating before that, in October 2018, was the same.
