SENSE - Newton Court
- Care home
- 10 beds
- No nursing
- Registered since 2010
- Peterborough, East of England
Good
Rated on
Rating from the Care Quality Commission.
At a glance
2 ratings
Rated Good at every inspection since 2015.
9 years
since the latest rating was published. A rating this old may not show how the service is today.
25 of 31
rated care homes in Peterborough are rated Good, like this one.
SENSE - Newton Court: inspection record
Rated Good in December 2017.
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Ratings published by the Care Quality Commission.
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What inspectors found
From the Care Quality Commission's inspection report published 29 October 2020. Quoted under the Open Government Licence.
SENSE – Newton Court is a residential care home for 11 younger people with sensory impairment, autistic spectrum disorder and learning difficulties. Nine people were living at the home when we visited. The home is a row of converted terraced houses and is in a residential area of Peterborough.
Read the rest of CQC's summary
We found the following examples of good practice.
A social media group chat was set up, there was video calling, socially distanced garden visits, telephone calls and emails used to support people to keep in contact with friends and family during visiting restrictions. Individual risk assessments were also created and followed to support people to socially distance visit their relatives outside of the home.
Further information is in the detailed findings below.
The five questions we ask about services and what we found
Questions to ask when you visit
- The last rating is 9 years old. Ask what has changed since then.
- Ask to see the most recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) report and what the home did about any points in it.
- Visit at different times of day, including a mealtime.
Registration details
- Registered manager
- Wonder Tanyanyiwa
- Registered with the CQC since
- What it provides
- Care home service without nursing
- Who it supports
- Learning disabilities or autistic spectrum disorder, Sensory Impairment
Inspection report
Read the full inspection report (opens the Care Quality Commission website)7 inspection reports, latest 29 October 2020. The reports are on the Care Quality Commission website.
The rating is the Care Quality Commission's. We show it as published and do not change it.
Who runs it
- Provider
- SenseBrand: Sense - The National Deafblind and Rubella Association
- Ownership type
- Organisation
- Companies House number
- 01825301 (opens Companies House)
- Charity number
- 289868
Sense runs 37 services in England, 5 of them in the East of England. 33 are rated Good or Outstanding and 4 are rated Requires improvement or Inadequate.
Other services run by Sense
- O SENSE - 32a Broadgate Lane Outstanding. Care home, Lincolnshire, East Midlands
- O SENSE - 89 Hastings Avenue Outstanding. Care home, Kent, South East
- G Otterhayes Good. Care home, Devon, South West
- G SENSE - 1 Ashley Green Good. Care home, Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber
Getting help from Peterborough City Council
The council can assess what care someone needs and tell them what help with the cost they may get.
- Adult social care at Peterborough City Council
- Ask for a care needs assessment
- Phone: 01733 747474, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
- Support for carers
- Paying for care: Peterborough City Council
Checked on the council's website, November 2026.
Common questions
- Does SENSE - Newton Court provide nursing care?
- No. The Care Quality Commission lists SENSE - Newton Court as a care home without nursing.
- How many beds does SENSE - Newton Court have?
- The Care Quality Commission's register lists 10 beds at SENSE - Newton Court.
- When was SENSE - Newton Court last inspected?
- The Care Quality Commission's latest rating for SENSE - Newton Court was published on 14 December 2017.
- Who runs SENSE - Newton Court?
- SENSE - Newton Court is run by Sense. It runs 37 services in England, 5 of them in the East of England.
- What is SENSE - Newton Court's CQC rating?
- Its overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is Good, published on 14 December 2017.
Contact
- Phone
- 01733 325713
- Address
- 1-4 Newton Court, Stowehill Road, Peterborough, PE4 7PY Map (opens Google Maps)
Compare nearby
- G Werrington Lodge Good, 0.9 miles away
- G Cherry Blossom Care Home Good, 1 mile away
- – Florence House Care Home Not yet rated, 1.6 miles away
- G Park House Nursing Home Good, 1.7 miles away
- G Park Vista Care Home Good, 1.7 miles away