Care home · Reading
Northcourt Lodge Nursing Home
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- 65 Northcourt Avenue, Reading, RG2 7HF
- Run by
- Northcourt Lodge Residential Care Home Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 22 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- Yes, registered as a nursing home (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- June 2018 (8 years)
- Registered manager
- Revathy Jayakumar
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2010 (16 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 07336655)
- Last CQC check
- 18 Mar 2021
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,660–£2,030 a week for nursing care (dementia). An estimate based on local published fees. Ask for a written quote. How we estimate
Licensed by CQC for: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury · Diagnostic and screening procedures
More in Reading: Care homes in Reading (22) · Best rated care homes in Reading · Care homes for dementia care in Reading · Care homes for elderly care in Reading
See this service on the CQC website · CQC location ID 1-5379102145
Northcourt Lodge Nursing Home at a glance
Northcourt Lodge Nursing Home is a CQC-registered nursing home in Reading, run by Northcourt Lodge Residential Care Home Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, including people living with dementia.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (June 2019). It is one of 22 CQC-registered care homes in and around Reading; 13 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
How long it has been running
CQC registration dates from June 2018, so the service has been operating for around 8 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2019–2021), starting at Good; it has gone up 0 and down 0 times, and is now Inspected but not rated.
No new overall rating has been published for 7 years. CQC re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating is not a bad sign in itself, but staff and management may have changed.
Reports on record: 2, with the most recent dated 18 March 2021.
Needs it is registered to meet
As listed with the regulator.
The ratings in context
CQC rated every one of the five key questions Good here, so there is no weak spot in the published ratings.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 20 of the 28 other care homes in Reading that CQC has rated.
What it may cost
We estimate Northcourt Lodge Nursing Home at £1,660–£2,030 a week for nursing care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £86k–£106k.
For residents assessed as needing nursing, a weekly NHS contribution goes straight to the home towards the fee, whoever pays the rest.
Council help is possible below £23,250 in savings: ask Reading Council for a free care needs assessment.
The local picture
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 16 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Yew Tree Lodge, under 0.5 miles away.
16 of the 23 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Church ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 30% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Thames Valley ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (5 min), a pharmacy (7 min), a shop (6 min), a park (8 min), a café (6 min) and a bus stop (2 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
From the latest CQC inspection
- Northcourt Lodge Nursing Home is located in Reading, Berkshire.
- The home provides care for up to 22 older people, some of whom were living with dementia.
- People had been supported to keep in touch with their families throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Staff provided support where necessary so people could phone or video call their families.
Inspected 2 March 2021; report published 18 March 2021. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Rating history
- Jun 2019
- Mar 2021
- Today Rating 7 years old
Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first. The latest rating is lower than the one before.
Inspection reports to read
- CQC inspection report 18 March 2021
- CQC inspection report 19 June 2019
The kitchen's hygiene score
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 24 September 2026 by Reading. Food is a big part of daily life in a home, so ask about menus, choice and mealtimes.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Northcourt Lodge Nursing Home"). Open Government Licence.
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Church
- Council
- Reading Borough Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Earley and Woodley
- Local NHS (ICB)
- NHS Thames Valley Integrated Care Board
- Area classification
- Urban, nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in RG2 (10)
View on OpenStreetMap · Route planner · Map data: OpenStreetMap contributors
Around the building
- Bus stop 130 m (2 min walk) · 21 stops within 600 m
- GP surgery University Medical Practice, 390 m (5 min walk)
- Pharmacy Christchurch Road Pharmacy, 580 m (7 min walk)
- Shop Northcourt News, 470 m (6 min walk)
- Park Cintra Park, 610 m (8 min walk)
- Café SportsPark Cafe, 480 m (6 min walk)
- Place of worship Tyndale Baptist Church, 520 m (7 min walk)
- Library 2 Library, 540 m (7 min walk)
From OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), measured in a straight line, so allow extra for the actual route on foot.
Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence).
The company behind Northcourt Lodge Nursing Home
Northcourt Lodge Nursing Home is run by Northcourt Lodge Residential Care Home Limited (company 07336655), incorporated in 2010, 7 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 2 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is residential care for older and disabled people.
Ratings for safety, care and leadership
- Safe22 of 29 in Reading
- Effective26 of 29 in Reading
- Caring27 of 29 in Reading
- Responsive27 of 29 in Reading
- Well-led21 of 29 in Reading
Source: CQC, published 19 June 2019. Under each rating: how many care homes in Reading share it.
Family reviews
There are no reviews of Northcourt Lodge Nursing Home yet. If you know the service, your experience could help someone else.
Reviews come from people who used the service or their families, verified by email. They sit alongside, not instead of, CQC ratings, and providers cannot take them down. How reviews work.
Northcourt Lodge Nursing Home in local context
- Rated Good. Across Reading, 76% of the 29 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 2 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (June 2019) is more recent than 31% of care home ratings in Reading.
- With 22 beds it is larger than 59% of care homes in Reading, where the typical home has 16.
- Registered with CQC in 2018: it has been registered longer than 22% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 2 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Reading lists 3.
Based on the CQC register for Reading as at Oct 2026.
Other care homes close by
Guides for families
Reading: care homes inspected recently
- Chilmington HouseAug 2026
- Pembroke LodgeSep 2026
Questions about Northcourt Lodge Nursing Home
- What services is Northcourt Lodge Nursing Home registered for?
- CQC lists Northcourt Lodge Nursing Home under: nursing homes. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
- Is Northcourt Lodge Nursing Home regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Northcourt Lodge Nursing Home is on the CQC register as a care home (ID 1-5379102145) and was rated Good overall in June 2019.
- Where is Northcourt Lodge Nursing Home?
- It is at 65 Northcourt Avenue, Reading, RG2 7HF.
- When was Northcourt Lodge Nursing Home last inspected?
- CQC published the current rating on 19 June 2019, 7 years ago. Older ratings are common, so ask about changes since.
- Can Northcourt Lodge Nursing Home care for someone with dementia?
- Dementia is listed on its CQC registration. Ask what dementia training staff have and how they handle distress or refusals.
- Which provider runs Northcourt Lodge Nursing Home?
- Northcourt Lodge Residential Care Home Limited is the registered provider for Northcourt Lodge Nursing Home.
- How many beds does Northcourt Lodge Nursing Home have?
- Northcourt Lodge Nursing Home can take up to 22 residents. Ask what is free now and about en-suite rooms.
- How did Northcourt Lodge Nursing Home score on each CQC key question?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Read Safe and Well-led first; they say most about reliability.
- How much does care from Northcourt Lodge Nursing Home cost?
- Northcourt Lodge Nursing Home hasn't shared a price list with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,555 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South East). Ask for a written quote that includes weekend and bank holiday rates.
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