Nursing Homes in Kettering
Kettering has 8 CQC registered nursing homes. 6 are rated Good, 2 Requires improvement. 3 of the 8 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Kettering at a glance
What the local numbers say about care for older people in Kettering, to help you judge the options below.
- North Northamptonshire Council pays, residential care: £915 a week. Self-funders are typically asked £1,233 to £1,449, median £1,356
- Care home beds filled across North Northamptonshire: 86%. The 12 month average is 85%.
- Care home beds per 1,000 people aged 75+: 78
- People aged 75 and over: 35,200. Rising to 41,200 by 2035, up 17%
- Care homes, last 12 months: 0 opened, 3 closed. 9 changed owner, covering 484 beds.
- Who pays, across North Northamptonshire (estimate): 37% council, 35% self. The rest is NHS funded or other.
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 4,500. Rising to 5,700 by 2035, up 28%
- People aged 85 and over: 8,400. Rising to 13,400 by 2035, up 59%
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What Nursing Care in Kettering Involves and What to Look For
The distinguishing feature of a nursing home is that registered nurses are on duty as well as care staff, which allows clinical needs to be met on site rather than through visiting professionals. That matters most where someone needs regular wound care, complex medication, support with a catheter or feeding tube, or care as they approach the end of life.
Making Use of the Published Ratings
Of the eight homes on this page, seven are rated Good and one is rated Requires Improvement. Each rating rests on five key questions, covering whether a service is safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led, and a home judged Good overall can still carry a weaker score on one of them. A rating of Requires Improvement often reflects a specific shortfall that the home is already working on rather than poor care throughout. Check the date of the inspection alongside the outcome, because an older judgement may predate a change of manager or of owner.
What to Ask When You Visit
Ask how many registered nurses are on shift during the day and overnight, and how the home covers sickness and annual leave without relying heavily on agency staff. Ask which clinical needs it is confident managing and what would prompt a move elsewhere. Notice whether residents look occupied and whether staff address them by name rather than by room number. Going twice, once at a quiet hour and once at a mealtime, gives a truer impression than a single arranged tour.
Getting an Assessment and Working Out the Funding
The level of care someone needs and the question of who pays for it are settled separately, through two assessments that are best started at the same time rather than one after the other.
Asking for a Care Needs Assessment
A needs assessment is free and open to anyone who appears to need care and support, whatever their savings. North Northamptonshire Council Adult Social Care is the authority responsible for carrying it out for people living in Kettering and for arranging any funded support that follows. A practitioner will look at daily tasks, mobility, medication, health needs and the pressure being carried by relatives, then set out whether nursing care is the right level. Relatives giving regular support can request a carer's assessment of their own.
Fees and Who Contributes
A financial assessment considers income, savings and, for a residential placement, usually the value of a property, measured against the national capital thresholds. Nursing homes also attract NHS funded nursing care, a contribution paid straight to the home towards the registered nursing part of the fee, whoever is meeting the rest. Ask each home for a written schedule showing what the weekly fee includes and what is charged as an extra.
8 nursing homes in Kettering
- OLIVE ROW CARE HOME · Kettering, North Northamptonshire · CQC Good
- Beaumont Nursing Home · Kettering, North Northamptonshire · CQC Good
- Avery Park Care Home · Kettering, North Northamptonshire · CQC Good
- Elegance Nursing Home · Kettering, North Northamptonshire · CQC Requires improvement
- Cheaney Court Care Home · Kettering, North Northamptonshire · CQC Good
- Country View Nursing Home · Kettering, North Northamptonshire · CQC Requires improvement
- Claremont Parkway · Kettering, North Northamptonshire · CQC Good
- The Old Vicarage · Kettering, North Northamptonshire · CQC Good
What care costs in North Northamptonshire, per week
| Type of care | What the council pays | What self-funders are typically asked |
|---|---|---|
| Residential care East Midlands figure, because too few North Northamptonshire homes publish this price. 34 homes. Median £1,356. | £915 | £1,233 to £1,449 |
| Nursing care England figure, because too few North Northamptonshire homes publish this price. 140 homes. Median £1,916. | £978 | £1,600 to £2,071 |
| Residential dementia care East Midlands figure, because too few North Northamptonshire homes publish this price. 20 homes. Median £1,350. | Not published separately | £1,278 to £1,475 |
| Nursing dementia care England figure, because too few North Northamptonshire homes publish this price. 75 homes. Median £2,050. | Not published separately | £1,890 to £2,221 |
Published prices are often starting prices, and come from homes that publish fees, so treat them as a guide. Ask the home for its own price. Powered by Orrery Intelligence.
Inspected most recently
- Country View Nursing Home, 31 July 2026, Requires improvement
- Avery Park Care Home, 29 October 2025, Good
- OLIVE ROW CARE HOME, 16 July 2025, Good
Longest since a report
- Cheaney Court Care Home, 9 March 2018, Good
- Elegance Nursing Home, 18 January 2022, Requires improvement
- Beaumont Nursing Home, 6 May 2023, Good
Frequently asked questions about nursing homes in Kettering
How many nursing homes are there in Kettering?
Kettering has 8 CQC registered nursing homes: 6 Good, 2 Requires improvement. Counts come from the CQC register and are kept up to date as ratings change.
How much does a nursing home cost in Kettering?
North Northamptonshire Council pays an average of £915 a week for residential care. Self-funders are typically asked £1,233 to £1,449 a week. East Midlands figure, because too few North Northamptonshire homes publish this price. 34 homes. Median £1,356. Published prices are often starting prices, and come from homes that publish fees, so treat them as a guide. Ask the home for its own price.
Which nursing homes in Kettering were inspected most recently?
Country View Nursing Home (31 July 2026), Avery Park Care Home (29 October 2025) and OLIVE ROW CARE HOME (16 July 2025) have the most recent CQC reports.