SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
Learning cultureGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?63%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?65%Good
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
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?71%Good
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 22 good, 11 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. ?
St Matthews Limited - The Avenue is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 9 other homes in West Northamptonshire.
70% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
What the data says about St Matthews Limited - The Avenue
St Matthews Limited - The Avenue is a 32-bed nursing home in Northampton, West Northamptonshire. The home is its own registered provider. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with mental health needs.
CQC last rated the home in March 2026, giving it Good overall. It was Good for effective, caring, responsive and well-led as well. Safe was rated Requires improvement. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in January 2022. The typical rating in West Northamptonshire is about 3 years old, so this one is fairly recent. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 11 fell below good. The lowest was “independence, choice and control” (some shortfalls).
It is one of 7 homes run by St. Matthews Limited. 3 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. About 0.7 km away, Spinney Hill House is rated Outstanding. Across West Northamptonshire, 70% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.
