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St Matthews Limited - The Avenue

2 The Avenue, Spinney Hill, Northampton, NN3 6BA

Goodpublished 6 March 2026, 5 months ago

Rated Good: inspectors found the service performing well and meeting their expectations.

The report

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The CQC published its most recent report on St Matthews Limited - The Avenue on 13 January 2022. We are still reading it. Check back soon, or read the report itself on cqc.org.uk.

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The story over the years

Every inspection of St Matthews Limited - The Avenue

5 rated inspections over 6 years: the service has held its Good rating throughout.

  1. January 2022Goodcurrent ratingstayed Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  2. December 2019Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  3. December 2018Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  4. October 2017Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  5. April 2016Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  6. September 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  7. September 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  8. January 2011

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 24 January 2011.

Ratings and report dates from the Care Quality Commission. A service can also be visited without a new rating being published, so the timeline shows published inspections, not every contact the CQC has had with the service.

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