★OutstandingSafe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: OutstandingWell-led: OutstandingRated 8 years ago↑ Up from GoodNew owner since November 2025
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?★Outstanding
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?★Outstanding
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. ?
The home changed owner in November 2025. Its rating dates from before the change. ?
This rating was carried over from the home's previous registration, usually after a change of owner. ?
Run by Achieve Together Limited, Rushden is a residential care home in Rushden, North Northamptonshire with 5 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism. That is smaller than most homes in North Northamptonshire, where the typical home has 24 beds.
The current CQC rating is Outstanding, published in February 2018. It was Outstanding for responsive and well-led as well. For safe, effective and caring, the rating was Good. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. Before that, in January 2016, it was rated Good. The rating is more than 5 years old. In North Northamptonshire, 32% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
1 of the 6 nearest homes is also Outstanding. It is one of 139 homes run by Achieve Together Limited. 115 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. The home changed owner in November 2025. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in January 2020. That is true of 99% of homes in North Northamptonshire. In North Northamptonshire, 80% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
