Residential care home · West Northamptonshire

The Berkeley

1-2 Elysium Terrace, Kingsthorpe Road, Northampton, NN2 6EN

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 3 years ago ↓ Down from Good No registered manager

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 17 February 2023 Rated 3 years ago ?
  • 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'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. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • December 2018GoodSECRW
  • May 2016GoodSECRW
  • June 2015Requires improvementSECRW

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How it compares in West Northamptonshire

The Berkeley is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 27 other homes in West Northamptonshire. 70% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 11 (11%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 3 (3%)
  • Good 44 (42%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 10 (10%)
  • Requires improvement 28 (27%)
  • Inadequate 1 (1%)
  • Not yet rated 7 (7%)

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Care homes nearby

  • Fair Haven Care Home
    Northampton, West Northamptonshire · NN2 6JA · Residential care home · 20 beds0.3 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 4 months ago
  • Symphony House Nursing Home
    Northampton, West Northamptonshire · NN2 6LP · Nursing home · 25 beds0.6 km
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 4 years ago
  • St Georges
    Northampton, West Northamptonshire · NN2 6JF · Residential care home · 5 beds0.9 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Ryecroft Apartments
    Northampton, West Northamptonshire · NN2 6JF · Residential care home · 7 beds0.9 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
  • Richardson Grove Limited
    Northampton, West Northamptonshire · NN2 6NT · Residential care home · 18 beds1.0 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
  • ResCare
    Northampton, West Northamptonshire · NN5 7EF · Residential care home · 3 beds1.1 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated this month

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Other homes run by Mentaur Limited

10 care homes in total: 8 Good, 2 Requires improvement.

  • Stoke House
    Northampton, West Northamptonshire · NN2 8DL · Residential care home · 12 beds
    Good S: GoodE: OutstandingC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Burghley
    Kettering, North Northamptonshire · NN16 9LQ · Residential care home · 6 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Holly Tree Lodge
    Bedford · MK42 8NB · Residential care home · 10 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Lavanda Villa
    Bedford · MK42 8AT · Residential care home · 4 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 2 years ago
  • Rushwell House
    Rushden, North Northamptonshire · NN10 9TD · Residential care home · 8 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Wilton House
    Northampton, West Northamptonshire · NN2 7BL · Residential care home · 6 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 9 months ago

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The Berkeley in brief

The Berkeley is one of 104 care homes in West Northamptonshire: a 10-bed residential care home in Northampton, run by Mentaur Limited. It is registered to care for older people, younger adults, people with a learning disability or autism, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. It is a small home for West Northamptonshire, where the median is 22 beds.

There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in November 2019. 93% of homes in West Northamptonshire also score 5. In West Northamptonshire, 70% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). About 0.3 km away, Fair Haven Care Home is rated Good. Mentaur Limited runs 10 care homes, and 8 of the 10 rated are Good or Outstanding.

The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in February 2023. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. Before that, in December 2018, it was rated Good.