Home care in North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire: 277 registered home care agencies in 9 towns. Each town page sets out CQC ratings, inspection dates and specialisms side by side.
Get local care pricesWe list 277 home care agencies registered with CQC in North Northamptonshire, spread over 9 towns; Earls Barton, Burton Latimer and Corby have the most. 77% of the 148 with a CQC rating are Good or Outstanding (below 88% for England). Outstanding: 7.
For dementia, 207 agencies list it as a specialism. An agency usually travels several miles from its office, which is why one agency can show up under several towns.
North Northamptonshire Council must assess, free of charge, anyone here who may need care and support, and arranges council-funded care.
Council help with care: North Northamptonshire.
Home care agencies in North Northamptonshire at a glance
Against an England figure of 79%, 75% of North Northamptonshire agencies name dementia as a specialism, which is 207 out of 277.
On registration dates, Lifestyle Care Support Limited goes back furthest (2010). New to the register in the last 12 months: 8, of which 8 not yet rated.
The specialisms home care agencies in North Northamptonshire list most often are caring for adults over 65 years (254), caring for adults under 65 years (252), physical disabilities (224) and dementia (207).
The largest operators by number of home care agencies in North Northamptonshire are The Care Bureau Limited (3), Yourlife Management Services Limited (3) and Creative Support Limited (2).
Counting home care agencies town by town, the biggest totals in North Northamptonshire are Earls Barton (72), Burton Latimer (67), Corby (52), Wellingborough (51) and Kettering (40). The strongest ratings are in Desborough (66% Good or Outstanding out of 29) and the weakest in Raunds (24%).
What does care cost here? Typical 2026 prices across England are visiting care around £32–£34 an hour and live-in care around £1,540–£1,610 a week.
North Northamptonshire: ratings compared with England
Rating breakdown for North Northamptonshire, with 148 services rated: Outstanding 7, Good 107, Requires improvement 31, Inadequate 3. Outstanding makes up 5% here and 5% across England; the two lower ratings make up 23% here and 12% nationwide.
How recent are the ratings? 22% date from the past two years (32 services; England 24%), while 72, or 49%, go back more than four years (England 54%).
In the last 12 months CQC has published 11 new ratings for home care agencies in North Northamptonshire: 0 improved, 0 downgraded and 5 rated for the first time. On 25 September 2026, CQC rated Lavender Support Services Ltd in Wellingborough Good, the newest rating here. Every new rating in North Northamptonshire.
Home care agencies by town in North Northamptonshire
| Town | Home care agencies | Good / Outstanding |
|---|---|---|
| Earls Barton | 72 | 25 |
| Burton Latimer | 67 | 27 |
| Corby | 52 | 20 |
| Wellingborough | 51 | 18 |
| Kettering | 40 | 19 |
| Rushden | 37 | 12 |
| Desborough | 29 | 19 |
| Raunds | 21 | 5 |
| Thrapston | 6 | 2 |
Postcode districts in North Northamptonshire
CQC register data (Oct 2026), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The Care Panel is independent of every provider listed.