Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 5 years ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
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?Requires improvement
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. ?
St Christopher's Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 27 other homes in West Northamptonshire.
70% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
St Christopher's Home is an independent 54-bed residential care home in Northampton, West Northamptonshire, registered with CQC under its own name. CQC registers it to look after older people and people with a physical disability. The typical home in West Northamptonshire has 22 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
27 other homes in West Northamptonshire share its tier, “Requires improvement”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from June 2026. 93% of homes in West Northamptonshire also score 5. About 0.6 km away, Christchurch View is rated Good.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in February 2021. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. Its previous rating, in April 2018, was Good, so the home has slipped. The rating is more than 5 years old. In West Northamptonshire, 27% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
