★OutstandingSafe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: OutstandingResponsive: GoodWell-led: OutstandingRated 1 year ago↑ Up from Req. improvementNo registered manager
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?78%Good
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Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
SafeguardingGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsExceptional
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?83%Good
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Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
Assessing needsExceptional
Monitoring and improving outcomesExceptional
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?90%★Outstanding
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Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
Independence, choice and controlExceptional
Kindness, compassion and dignityExceptional
Treating people as individualsExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?82%Good
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Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Care provision, integration and continuityExceptional
Person-centred careExceptional
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?89%★Outstanding
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Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersExceptional
Learning, improvement and innovationExceptional
Partnerships and communitiesExceptional
Shared direction and cultureExceptional
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 21 good, 12 exceptional. 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. ?
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. ?
Pytchley Court Nursing Home is in the Outstanding tier ?, with 10 other homes in West Northamptonshire.
70% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Pytchley Court Nursing Home is one of 104 care homes in West Northamptonshire: a 40-bed nursing home in Northampton, run by HC-One Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and younger adults. Most homes in West Northamptonshire are smaller: the median there is 22 beds.
It is one of 66 homes run by HC-One Limited. 54 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. It is the only Outstanding home among the 7 closest. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in July 2025. 93% of homes in West Northamptonshire also score 5. 10 other homes in West Northamptonshire share its tier, “Outstanding”. There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now.
CQC last rated the home in January 2025, giving it Outstanding overall. It was Outstanding for caring and well-led as well. CQC rated safe, effective and responsive as Good. Before that, in October 2020, it was rated Requires improvement. Ratings in West Northamptonshire are typically about 3 years old, which makes this one newer than most. None of its 33 scored standards was below good, and 12 were exceptional.
