Care home · Corby
Seagrave House Care Home
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- Occupation Road, Corby, NN17 1EH
- Run by
- Artisan Care Northants Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 84 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- December 2012 (13 years)
- Part of
- Avery
- Registered manager
- Stacey Marie Hetherington
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2010 (16 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 07122696)
- Last CQC check
- 21 Feb 2025
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,160–£1,410 a week for residential care (dementia). An estimate based on local published fees. Ask for a written quote. How we estimate
Registered activities: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
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CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-544721242
About this home
Seagrave House Care Home is a CQC-registered residential care home in Corby, run by Artisan Care Northants Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, including people living with dementia and physical disabilities.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (February 2025). It is one of 12 CQC-registered care homes in and around Corby; 9 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Inspection findings in brief
- This assessment was carried out by 1 inspector and 2 Experts by Experience with personal experience of using or caring for someone who uses this type of care service.
- At our last inspection the service was in breach of regulation relating to safe care and treatment and governance.
- At this assessment, there were 69 people in residence.
- People and relatives were positive about the quality of care and support provided and the accommodation.
Inspected 2 February 2021; report published 6 March 2021. Source: CQC's published findings, reused under the Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Ownership and company checks
Seagrave House Care Home is run by Artisan Care Northants Limited (company 07122696), incorporated in 2010, 2 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.
It trades under the Avery brand, which covers 100 services run by 40 registered providers.
Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led
- Safe75% score82 of 102 in North Northamptonshire
- Effective75% score88 of 102 in North Northamptonshire
- Caring75% score93 of 102 in North Northamptonshire
- Responsive75% score86 of 102 in North Northamptonshire
- Well-led75% score70 of 102 in North Northamptonshire
Source: CQC, published 21 February 2025. Under each rating: how many care homes in North Northamptonshire share it.
How long it has been running
Registered in December 2012, it has 13 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 6 overall ratings for it (2014–2025), starting at Good; it has gone up 2 and down 2 times, and is now Good.
CQC lists 6 reports for this location, the latest dated 6 March 2021.
Detailed scores
CQC's single assessment framework gives every quality statement a score out of 4, then reports each key question as a percentage. Averaged across the five areas, Seagrave House Care Home scores 75%.
Safe 75%
- Learning culture3 · Good
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
- Safe environments3 · Good
- Safe and effective staffing3 · Good
- Infection prevention and control3 · Good
- Medicines optimisation3 · Good
Effective 75%
- Assessing needs3 · Good
- Delivering evidence-based care and treatment3 · Good
- How staff, teams and services work together3 · Good
- Supporting people to live healthier lives3 · Good
- Monitoring and improving outcomes3 · Good
- Consent to care and treatment3 · Good
Caring 75%
- Kindness, compassion and dignity3 · Good
- Treating people as individuals3 · Good
- Independence, choice and control3 · Good
- Responding to people’s immediate needs3 · Good
- Workforce wellbeing and enablement3 · Good
Responsive 75%
- Person-centred Care3 · Good
- Care provision, Integration and continuity3 · Good
- Providing Information3 · Good
- Listening to and involving people3 · Good
- Equity in access3 · Good
- Equity in experiences and outcomes3 · Good
- Planning for the future3 · Good
Well-led 75%
- Shared direction and culture3 · Good
- Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders3 · Good
- Freedom to speak up3 · Good
- Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion3 · Good
- Governance, management and sustainability3 · Good
- Partnerships and communities3 · Good
- Learning, improvement and innovation3 · Good
Key: 4 = exceptional, 3 = good, 2 = some shortfalls, 1 = significant shortfalls. Source: CQC, assessed 29 November 2024, published 21 February 2025, Open Government Licence. Unscored statements weren't reviewed this time and keep their previous result.
How its rating has changed
- Nov 2014
- Jun 2015
- Jun 2016
- Jul 2018
- Mar 2021
- Feb 2025
- Today Rating 1 year old
The location's rating record from CQC, from first to latest. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Published inspection reports
- CQC inspection report 6 March 2021
- CQC inspection report 5 July 2018
- CQC inspection report 29 June 2016
- CQC inspection report 11 June 2015
- CQC inspection report 28 November 2014
- Inspection report 18 January 2014
Kitchen hygiene rating
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 28 April 2026 by North Northamptonshire. Try to visit at a mealtime: it shows how food, choice and help with eating work in practice.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Seagrave House Care Home"). Open Government Licence.
Map and area details
- Ward
- Lloyds & Corby Village
- Parliamentary constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire
- NHS integrated care board
- NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board
- Setting
- Urban: further from a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in NN17 (12)
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Close by
- Bus stop 590 m (7 min walk)
- Railway station Corby, 1.2 km (15 min walk)
- GP surgery Studfall Medical Centre, 950 m (12 min walk)
- Pharmacy Superdrug, 750 m (9 min walk)
- Shop Rockingham Food Centre, 290 m (4 min walk)
- Park 170 m (2 min walk)
- Café Temptations Atasca, 630 m (8 min walk)
- Place of worship St Andrew's Church, 170 m (2 min walk)
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). These are direct-line distances, so real walking routes, and times, will be longer.
Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence.
Who the service is registered for
Taken from its CQC registration.
What the ratings tell you
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Seagrave House Care Home: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 69 of the 101 other care homes in North Northamptonshire that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 75% and its lowest is Well-led at 75%, averaging 75% overall.
The local picture
There are 13 other care homes within 3 miles, 9 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Welland House - Occupation Road, under 0.5 miles away.
5 of the 25 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Lloyds & Corby Village ward, classed by ONS as urban (further from a major town or city), among the 50% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Northamptonshire ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a pharmacy (9 min), a shop (4 min), a park (2 min), a café (8 min) and a bus stop (7 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
What it may cost
We estimate Seagrave House Care Home at £1,160–£1,410 a week for residential care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £60k–£73k.
Ask whether the fee changes if needs increase, and what is extra: hairdressing, chiropody, outings and newspapers are often charged separately.
People with savings under £23,250 may get help from North Northamptonshire Council after a needs and financial assessment.
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Seagrave House Care Home against its area
- Rated Good. Across North Northamptonshire, 82% of the 102 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 7 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (February 2025) is more recent than 79% of care home ratings in North Northamptonshire.
- With 84 beds it is larger than 97% of care homes in North Northamptonshire, where the typical home has 24.
- Registered with CQC in 2012: it has been registered longer than 48% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 3 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in North Northamptonshire lists 3.
Compared with every CQC-registered care home in North Northamptonshire. Source: CQC register, Oct 2026.
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What families ask about Seagrave House Care Home
- How much does care from Seagrave House Care Home cost?
- Seagrave House Care Home has not published its fees with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,250 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in East Midlands). Get the quote in writing, including any extra charges.
- How is Seagrave House Care Home rated for safety and leadership?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Seagrave House Care Home: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
- How big is Seagrave House Care Home?
- CQC registers Seagrave House Care Home for 84 residents; ask about vacancies, room sizes and en-suite bathrooms.
- Which provider runs Seagrave House Care Home?
- CQC lists Artisan Care Northants Limited as the provider responsible for Seagrave House Care Home.
- Can Seagrave House Care Home care for someone with dementia?
- Yes, it is registered for dementia. Worth asking: how many staff are trained, and how routines are kept consistent.
- When was Seagrave House Care Home last inspected?
- The rating now shown was published on 21 February 2025, 1 year ago. Ask what has changed since then, for example in management or staffing.
- Where is Seagrave House Care Home based?
- It is at Occupation Road, Corby, NN17 1EH.
- Is Seagrave House Care Home registered with CQC?
- It is. The CQC register records Seagrave House Care Home as a care home, location ID 1-544721242 and was rated Good overall in February 2025.
- What type of care does Seagrave House Care Home provide?
- Registration for Seagrave House Care Home covers: residential homes. Check which of these it offers today.
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