The Chestnuts
- Care home
- 6 beds
- No nursing
- Registered since 2025
- Rushden, North Northamptonshire, East Midlands
Requires improvement
Rated on
Rating from the Care Quality Commission.
This rating was carried over from the previous owner after a change of ownership.
At a glance
3 ratings
Its last inspection moved it down from Good to Requires improvement.
4 years
since the latest rating was published. A rating this old may not show how the service is today.
18 of 100
rated care homes in North Northamptonshire are rated Requires improvement, like this one.
The Chestnuts: inspection record
Rated Requires improvement in September 2022, down from Good.
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Ratings published by the Care Quality Commission.
Compare nearby
Nearest rated Good or Outstanding: Avenue House Nursing and Care Home (Good, 0.9 miles away) and Redclyffe Residential Care Home (Good, 1.9 miles away).
Nearest care homes:
- G Avenue House Nursing and Care Home Good, 0.9 miles away
- – The Martins Not yet rated, 1.7 miles away
- G Redclyffe Residential Care Home Good, 1.9 miles away
- G Kingly Terrace Good, 1.9 miles away
- G Victoria House Good, 2.4 miles away
Questions to ask when you visit
- Safe was rated Requires improvement on 28 September 2022. Ask how medicines are managed, how staffing levels are decided and how incidents are reviewed.
- Effective was rated Requires improvement on 28 September 2022. Ask about staff training and how health appointments are arranged.
- Caring was rated Requires improvement on 28 September 2022. Ask how staff protect dignity and how residents are involved in decisions about their care.
- Well-led was rated Requires improvement on 28 September 2022. Ask about changes in management and what has changed since the report.
Registration details
- Registered manager
- Samantha Stewart
- Registered with the CQC since
- What it provides
- Care home service without nursing
- Who it supports
- Learning disabilities or autistic spectrum disorder, Younger Adults
Inspection report
Read the full inspection report (opens 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
- Achieve Together LimitedBrand: Achieve Together
- Ownership type
- Organisation
- Companies House number
- 03153442 (opens Companies House)
Achieve Together Limited runs 160 services in England, 17 of them in the East Midlands. 128 are rated Good or Outstanding, 25 are rated Requires improvement or Inadequate and 7 have no rating yet.
Other services run by Achieve Together Limited
- O Addington Road Outstanding. Care home, North Northamptonshire
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- O Highfields Outstanding. Care home, Derbyshire
- O Irchester 168 Outstanding. Care home, North Northamptonshire
Getting help from North Northamptonshire Council
The council can assess what care someone needs and tell them what help with the cost they may get.
- Adult social care at North Northamptonshire Council
- Ask for a care needs assessment
- Phone: 0300 126 3000, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm (closed on bank holidays)
- Contact adult social care online
- Support for carers
- Care home fee rates published by the council
Checked on the council's website, November 2026.
Common questions
- Does The Chestnuts provide nursing care?
- No. The Care Quality Commission lists The Chestnuts as a care home without nursing.
- How many beds does The Chestnuts have?
- The Care Quality Commission's register lists 6 beds at The Chestnuts.
- When was The Chestnuts last inspected?
- The Care Quality Commission's latest rating for The Chestnuts was published on 28 September 2022.
- Who runs The Chestnuts?
- The Chestnuts is run by Achieve Together Limited. It runs 160 services in England, 17 of them in the East Midlands.
- What is The Chestnuts's CQC rating?
- Its overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is Requires improvement, published on 28 September 2022.
Contact
- Phone
- 01604 811838
- Address
- 296 Bedford Road, Rushden, NN10 0SE Map (opens Google Maps)
Compare nearby
Nearest rated Good or Outstanding: Avenue House Nursing and Care Home (Good, 0.9 miles away) and Redclyffe Residential Care Home (Good, 1.9 miles away).
Nearest care homes:
- G Avenue House Nursing and Care Home Good, 0.9 miles away
- – The Martins Not yet rated, 1.7 miles away
- G Redclyffe Residential Care Home Good, 1.9 miles away
- G Kingly Terrace Good, 1.9 miles away
- G Victoria House Good, 2.4 miles away