Westhill Park

1 Chataway Drive, Off Nina Carroll Way, Kettering NN15 7FF
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9.8 93 Reviews
  • Westhill Park, Kettering
Located in the market town of Kettering, Westhill Park is purpose-built and finished to a very high standard, whilst incorporating the latest supportive care technology.

The home provides friendly and comfortable residential and dementia care for up to 66 residents in single en suite rooms with wet room provision. Facilities include peaceful and cosy lounges as well as a hair and beauty salon and a bar area.

Residents are at the heart of the home, and the dedicated care team takes the time to get to know each resident as an individual. They work with them to create detailed care plans that ensure their changing needs are always met and their preferences are taken into account.

Operated by Anchor, one of England's largest not-for-profit providers of housing and care for those over 55 years of age, Westhill Park continues to welcome new residents.

Anchor continually reinvests the money it makes into its retirement properties and care homes to raise standards and provide a high-quality service to surpass customer’s expectations.

Care Provided by Westhill Park

  • Primary Care Categories
  • Dementia
  • Older Person Care
  • Physical Disability
  • Respite Care
  • Care Types Provided
  • Dementia Residential Care
  • Residential Care
  • For a maximum of 66 Service Users
  • Voluntary / Not for Profit Owned
  • Care Offered
  • Alzheimer's
  • Hearing Impairment
  • Huntington's Disease
  • Orthopaedic
  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Speech Impairment
  • Stroke
  • Visual Impairment
  • Other Care Provided
  • Convalescent Care
  • End of Life Care
  • Own GP if required
  • Palliative Care
  • Physiotherapy

Good to Know

  • Person in charge
  • Sharmaine Hall (Home Manager)
  • Admission Criteria
    • Please contact Westhill Park directly to discuss yours or your loved ones' care needs.
    • Ages 65+
  • Room Information
    • Single Rooms (66)
    • Couples/Companion Rooms (0)
    • Single Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (66)
  • Care Home Design/Build
    • Purpose Built: Yes
    • Year Purpose Built: 2019
    • Last Refurbishment: 2019
    • Number of floors: 3

Funding & Fees Guide for Westhill Park

  • Funding Types Accepted
  • Self funding (Private)
  • Local Authority with Top-Up
  • Local Authority
  • NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) Funding
  • Weekly Charges per Person
    • Self-Funded Residential Care from £1,425
    • Self-Funded Residential Dementia Care from £1,425
    • RESPITE Self-Funded Residential Care from £1,425
    • RESPITE Self-Funded Residential Dementia Care from £1,425
  • Fees include all care and facilities plus extras such as hairdressing, chiropody and trips. For further information regarding fees, please contact Westhill Park directly.


  • (these prices are only a guideline, please contact Westhill Park to find out the exact price for your requirements)

Facilities

  • Bar/Café
  • Close to Local shops
  • Gardens
  • Lift
  • Minibus or other transport
  • Near Public Transport
  • Own Furniture if required
  • Pet Friendly (or by arrangement)
  • Phone Point in own room
  • Residents Internet Access
  • Residents Kitchenette
  • Smoking not permitted
  • Stairlift
  • Television point in own room
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Visiting
  • Visitors are welcome at Westhill Park.


  • Parking
  • Onsite parking is available, including disabled spaces.


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9.8

Westhill Park has a Review Score of 9.8 (9.810) out of 10, based on 39 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Westhill Park has 93 reviews.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Having spent a lot of time looking at most of the homes in the area, this one seals the deal hands down. The lady I was researching a home for is a friend and a 21-year-old in her 90s. Westhill Park is a first class, 5 stars, enthusiastic, caring environment and caring staff, where more to them is
never enough. I have always been made most welcome when I am there and also encouraged to share not just time but a meal and an abundance of drinks and beverages, along with cakes and biscuits a-plenty. A birthday was being celebrated on the day of arrival for my very dear friend and it was no trouble for a tea party to be laid on by the staff at Westhill Park, with sandwiches, drinks and of course a Westhill Park homemade birthday cake.
The atmosphere in Westhill Park is always an inviting friendly one.....bricks and concrete make a building but caring people make a home... so take a bow Westhill Park, as you are setting the standards for others to follow, if they can!!

Reply from Paul Quirk, Home Manager at Westhill Park

Thank you so much, Martin, for your very positive review and the time taken to write it. We are delighted that you are so happy with everything we do and we will share this with the entire team as they love to learn how all their hard work is received. We are immensely proud of what we have achieved here at Westhill Park and look forward to treating all our residents and their friends and relatives in exactly the same way.


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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Although my Mum has only become a resident recently I can already see a huge improvement in her well being. She is already attempting to walk again, without the fear of falling, her communication has improved and she is smiling again! Nothing is too much trouble for the staff; the owners, management
and whole team from Westhill Park have made Mum's move to their home faultless. The home itself is first class with its beautiful interior and its facilities plus the tranquil gardens. As a family we have also been made to feel welcome, providing a perfect place to visit.

Reply from Paul Quirk, Home Manager at Westhill Park

Thank you, Carole, for your positive feedback. We share all of the feedback we receive with the entire team as it demonstrates how much their hard work benefits not only our residents like your mum but all their family and friends. We are delighted that you are so happy with everything we do here and look forward to continuing caring for your mum in this way.


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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Amazing. Staff are fabulous. Nothing too much trouble. Very welcoming. Families and visitors very well treated. Food, cleanliness, care out of this world. Excellent, definitely value for money. Couldn't ask for better care for mum. Top marks for everything.

Reply from Paul Quirk, Home Manager at Westhill Park

Thank you Joy for taking the time to review our home. This information is priceless as it helps us understand directly what people experience at our home and can feed this back into the entire team. We are delighted that you and your mum are happy with our staff and home and thank you again for sharing the detail.


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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Westhill Park is a wonderful care home - well designed and with superb facilities but most importantly, every member of the team has the right approach - professional but with the essential ingredients of genuine warmth, empathy, kindness, happiness and care. It has a homely feel to it making it a pleasure
to visit. They provide activities and outings carefully selected to appeal to residents. Dad says how excellent the food is and having dined with him a couple of times I can see just what he means. The housekeeping staff do a fabulous job, everywhere is immaculate and Dad always looks his best in his freshly laundered and pressed clothes. Dad always tells me how superb the carers are with him and I can see this from their interactions with him and other residents. As a daughter, it’s hard to entrust the care of your parent to others, but I have complete confidence in the way that the whole team works together to provide excellent and individually tailored care for my dad.

Reply from Sian Ellis, Marketing Director at Westhill Park

Thank you, Sarah, for taking the time to write a review. This helps us enormously as we share it with the entire team but also it lets other people contemplating moving to our home understand how others feel about all that we do. We are of course delighted your father is so settled and happy but equally that you are too.


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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

How brilliant is Westhill Park care home. A fantastic place for the residents with the right care approach for all their needs. This home will go that extra mile to keep everyone smiling.

Reply from Sian Ellis, Marketing Director at Westhill Park

Thank you for taking the time to write a review for Westhill Park. We are delighted that you are so happy with our home and we will share your feedback with the entire team. It's excellent to know that you are appreciating our high levels of service by all our staff and enjoying the home so much.


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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Beautiful care home! Excellent staff. Friendly, caring and well trained. Feels very homely and I am always welcomed. My mother is starting to smile again and I know she is well cared for and safe.

Reply from Sian Ellis, Marketing Director at Westhill Park

Thank you for taking the time to review Westhill Park.
We share all the feedback with our entire team as it helps us understand what we are getting right and where we can improve. We are delighted that you and your mum are happy with the care and service we provide. Thanks again for sharing your experience with us.


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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Extremely happy that my Mum is so well looked after and above all happy. The staff are fabulous and so caring towards all residents. It's a pleasure to visit.

Reply from Sian Ellis, Marketing Director at Westhill Park

Thank you for your review of our home. We share all of the feedback we get with the entire team. We are delighted that you and your mother are happy with all that we do here at Westhill Park.


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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My mother has recently become a resident at Westhill Park. The accommodation and facilities are excellent and staff are friendly and provide a high level of care.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I was able to enjoy a respite break knowing my husband of sixty-seven years was receiving all and the best of care possible.

Reply from Sian Ellis, Marketing Director at Westhill Park

Thank you for reviewing our home. We are delighted that you are happy with our home and services at Westhill Park and we appreciate the time taken to provide feedback. We share all feedback with our entire team which helps us understand how residents and their families experience our standards of care and service.


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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My mother has always been against using a care home but was bullied into viewing Westhill. After agreeing to give it a try for a week she was completely won over. The staff are all very helpful and efficient, meals excellent and accommodation very good. In my mother's words, 'she cannot fault it' and
there is no way she would prefer to return to her home.

Reply from Sian Ellis, Marketing Director at Westhill Park

Thank you for taking the time to review Westhill Park. We are delighted that you and your mother are happy with our home and services. We share all of the feedback we receive with our entire team as it helps us understand the impact of everyone's work on the residents and their families.


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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I am happy to report that my father’s 4-week respite ‘holiday’ at Westhill Park Care Home has exceeded all our expectations. Our family has no previous first-hand experience of care homes and we were very apprehensive about how Dad, who has Alzheimer’s, would manage. The home is brand new and the facilities
are first class (including a cinema, bar, library). A full program of activities and outings are available, although Dad only participated in a few of these. The staff are all very welcoming, attentive and professional. The food is excellent and friends and relatives are always invited to dine with the residents when they visit - we took them up on this offer on 2 occasions including Sunday lunch.
If Dad needs further respite care or a permanent place, we would be confident that he will be safe and well cared for at Westhill Park.

Reply from Sian Ellis, Marketing Director at Westhill Park

Thank you for reviewing our home and we are delighted that you and your father are so happy with our home. Any feedback is incredibly useful to us as it helps us understand where we are getting things right and where we might look to improve. We wish you and your family well with having your father back home and hope we can help if you or he requires another 'holiday' in the future. Thanks again.


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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My husband was admitted on the second day the home opened and was made very welcome. The staff are kind and thoughtful to both of us. The meals are good and plentiful, the rooms are comfortable.

Reply from Sian Ellis, Marketing Director at Westhill Park

Thank you for taking the time to review Westhill Park. We are delighted that you are happy with our high standards of care and the services we provide. We share all the feedback with our entire team as it helps us understand what we are getting right and where we can improve. Thank you again and I trust yourself and your husband continue to enjoy Westhill Park.


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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

It looks like I've answered all questions the same for convenience but that is for the truth. The welcome we all get when we first came to look round the home and the detail to the care my mother in law needs were second to none. The home is beautiful and the staff are both very professional and extremely
friendly. Just what she needs. She will benefit greatly from her new surroundings and I would be very happy for anyone I know to stay at Westhill Park. I would be cynical and say its bound to be good as it is new, but I believe it will remain the same for years to come. Thank you for all your care and consideration.

Reply from Sian Ellis, Marketing Director at Westhill Park

Thank you for reviewing our new home and we are delighted that you are happy with everything. We understand that it may be viewed as easy/convenient to score each area with top marks so we appreciate you taking the time to explain it is how you feel about each area. We share all the information and feedback we receive with the entire team and they will be delighted to understand how their hard work impacts on our residents and their families.


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Current Review Score: 9.8 (9.810)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.8 (9.810) out of 10 for Westhill Park is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  • a) The Average Rating is 4.8 out of 5 from 39 Reviews in the last 24 months.

  • b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 39 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Care Home is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  • a) 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months.

    The Average Rating of 4.810 for Westhill Park is calculated as follows: ( (386 Excellents x 5) + (68 Goods x 4) + (10 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 464 Ratings = 4.81

  • b) 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5').

    The 5 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Westhill Park is based on 39 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    • i) 4 points are available for the first 10 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.1 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.100, 7th = 0.100, 8th = 0.100, 9th = 0.100, 10th = 0.100) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 4

    • ii) 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the registered maximum number of service users in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Care Home registered for a maximum of 50 service users has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 66 registered maximum number of service users is 13.2, which has been reached with 39 Positive reviews. Points = 1

  • When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.

  • If a Care Home does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

Performance

Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating

Date: 26 Jan 2023

Overall
Good

  • Caring

    Good
  • Effective

    Good
  • Responsive

    Good
  • Safe

    Good
  • Well-led

    Good

Care Quality Commission is responsible for the registration and inspection of social care services in England.

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Bed Vacancies

3 Bed Vacancies

posted 03 Mar 2025

We currently have three vacancies for care. Please contact Westhill Park directly for further details.


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Meet the Team (4)

Sharmaine

Sharmaine Hall

Job Title: Home Manager

Joined: 2021

In December 2009, I started a job as a support worker in a care home with no idea whether I would suit the role, I then became a senior support worker, then a team leader, a deputy manager, a project manager and then home manager, I think it's fair to say that I suited the role.


Sadly, there is a perception of care that is quite dated and conjures up images of dingy lounges and rice pudding. From day one I wanted to prove that good care homes can be fabulous places to live, that they were not institutions but homes with beautiful facilities and opportunities to really live, not just exist.


When I am making decisions about hiring, menus, activities, decor, I always imagine my family and think about what I would want for them. The people we care for are individuals with rich histories and I want them to remain so, nobody has to fit in here. We provide a service to meet individual needs and that is as it should be.


My favourite part of the job is working with my team; knowing that we are making a difference, I like to lead by example. I work hard to ensure that we are providing a high standard of care and that the home is a happy place.


Every day I work with families and other professionals to ensure our residents get the best service. I am caring and passionate about what I do.


Westhill Park is a fantastic home with hardworking and caring staff. The residents that live with us are amazing and have such individual characters and amazing stories to share. The staff take pleasure in getting to know them and their families, listening to their life histories enables them to form a bond and gain their trust.
One day I'd like to be a director of care, I won't be satisfied until I know that I have provided 5 star care to as many people as possible.


Working in social care is not a job, it's a vocation and I feel truly blessed to have found mine.


Neve

Neve Askew

Job Title: Administrator

Joined: 2023

My name is Neve, I am the Front of House Manager/Administrator here at Westhill Park. I started here in 2022 as the Front of House Assistant and as of February this year, I took the amazing opportunity to take over as the Front of House Manager. Westhill has been my first job in care, and I've loved every moment, with no one day ever being the same! I work very closely with our Home Manager, Sharmaine and Care Manager, Tiff to make sure the whole of the Front of the House is running smoothly. I am also currently studying at the Open University to get my degree in Criminology.


Alison

Alison Hackett

Job Title: Head Chef

Joined: 2023

I am the head chef at Westhill. I joined the team at Westhill a year ago as a Kitchen Assistant and progressed to head chef after coming from a catering background for over 25 years. I have nearly always worked in care homes and love my job. The environment at Westhill is a lovely place to be. It’s home from home and my colleagues are great to work with. We all have the residents at heart and my role allows me to provide good, wholesome nutritious meals and also indulge them in a range of sweet treats and cakes which I really enjoy making for them.


Everything I cook or bake has a spoonful of love added to it!


Stephen

Stephen Sherratt

Job Title: Housekeeping Manager

Joined: 2021

Hi, my name is Stephen and I am the Housekeeping Manager here at Westhill Park.


Firstly, I'm going to tell you about myself. I was born and raised in Stoke on Trent, I have lived up North and down South and I am currently living in Kettering. As soon as I left school I went straight into employment I have had various job roles but I found that I am best suited in the hospitality industry. I worked to achieve my NVQ Level 2 in hospitality during my working career.


I was employed as a Housekeeper once I started at Westhill Park but soon progressed into my role as Housekeeping Manager soon after.


The best part of my job is managing my team, working alongside the management to care for the residents who live here at Westhill Park.