Working at Grangefield Residential Care Home
60 Northampton Road, Northampton, NN6 0HE
Operated by Grangefield Care Limited
23 bedsResidential homes
Workplace Score
5.1/10
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PlainSight AI Review
Last updated: 10 February 2026
Score: 5.1/10
Key Finding
"People feel safe with strong safeguarding and a supportive culture, but basic activities and spotty management oversight hold it back."
Safety & Risk
7/10
✓
People were protected from the risk of harm and felt safe. Staff were aware of how to raise any safeguarding concerns. Risk assessments provided guidance to ensure staff could provide safe care. Medicines were managed safely.
Staff Culture
6/10
✓
People, relatives, and staff told us they felt supported by and could approach the registered manager with any concerns they had.
Staffing Levels
5/10
!
Whilst we received some mixed feedback about staffing, during the inspection we observed sufficient staff to respond promptly to people's needs... there was sometimes a language barrier with agency staff.
Training & Dev
5/10
!
Per 2020 comprehensive inspection: Staff received on-going training to update their knowledge and skills. Staff received regular supervision and guidance to support them in their roles.
Management
4/10
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Quality assurance processes were not always effective. The provider had multiple audits in place, however they failed to identify some of the issues found during the inspection. Not all required notifications had been made to CQC as required by law.
Programmes
3/10
✕
Per 2020 comprehensive inspection: People told us about their favourite hobbies they did regularly. For example, knitting, reading, quizzes, art classes, scrabble and board games. Children from the village came to the home regularly.
Points to consider
Just basic hobbies like quizzes, board games and village kids visits, no dedicated activities coordinator or special programmes to vary the workday.
Per 2020 comprehensive inspection: People told us about their favourite hobbies they did regularly. For example, knitting, reading, quizzes, art classes, scrabble and board games. Children from the village came to the home regularly.
Manager is in place but quality checks missed issues and not all required reports were sent to regulators, so leadership oversight is spotty.
Quality assurance processes were not always effective... audits failed to recognise the use of inappropriate language... not all required notifications had been made to CQC as required by law.
Staffing is adequate but nothing special, with some agency workers causing language issues at times.
mixed feedback about staffing... sometimes a language barrier with agency staff, which had resulted in some confusion... They could do with a few more.
AI Generated
CQC Inspection Overview
CQC Inspection
Last inspected: April 2023
Good
Safe
✓
Good
Effective
✓
Good
Caring
✓
Good
Responsive
✓
Good
Management Quality
Well-led: Requires improvement
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