SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?66%Good
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?0%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?0%Requires improvement
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?0%Requires improvement
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Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
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: 17 good, 16 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. ?
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. ?
Templemore Care 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%).
Run by B & M Investments Limited, Templemore Care Home is a residential care home in Northampton, West Northamptonshire with 65 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and younger adults. That is larger than most homes in West Northamptonshire, where the typical home has 22 beds.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in March 2026. It was Requires improvement for effective, caring and responsive as well. Safe and well-led were rated Good. Before that, in March 2023, it was rated Good. Ratings in West Northamptonshire are typically about 3 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 16 fell below good. The lowest was “independence, choice and control” (some shortfalls).
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from August 2026. That is true of 93% of homes in West Northamptonshire. Across West Northamptonshire, 70% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. Nazareth House - Northampton, 0.2 km away, is the closest home rated Good. B & M Investments Limited runs 8 care homes, and 5 of the 7 rated are Good or Outstanding.
