- Wellbeing: Very good
- Care and support planning: Very good
- Setting: Good
- Staff team: Adequate
- Leadership: Good
Care Inspectorate grades, one for each key question; latest report published 1 month ago
- Cowdenbeath, KY4 8JA
- 7 registered places
Northeden House
Northeden House is a care home in Cupar, run by Fife Council. The Care Inspectorate gives no overall grade. It has graded 5 key questions, and the lowest grade is Adequate (latest report published 16 January 2026). It is registered for 40 places. It is registered to support older people.
- Care home
57 Eden Park, Cupar, KY15 4HT
What Care Inspectorate says
Grades, not an overall rating
Care Inspectorate grades a service on a six-point scale, from Unsatisfactory to Excellent, for each key question that applies to its type of service. It does not give a service one overall grade, so we do not either. Each grade is shown below as Care Inspectorate published it.
The latest graded inspection report was published on 16 January 2026.
Last checked by Care Inspectorate: 19 December 2025.
See this service on the Care Inspectorate website (opens in a new tab)
Grades for each key question
Care Inspectorate grades each key question that applies to this type of service from 1 to 6. Each grade is shown as Care Inspectorate published it.
How well does the service support people’s wellbeing?
GoodHow well is people’s care and support planned?
GoodHow good is the place or setting where care is given?
AdequateHow good is the staff team?
GoodHow good is the leadership of the service?
Adequate
A service keeps its grade for a key question until that question is inspected again, so a grade can be older than the latest report. Where a service has not been inspected under Care Inspectorate’s newer quality frameworks, the nearest earlier grade is shown.
What the Care Inspectorate grades mean
- Excellent
- Outstanding or sector-leading. The service supports outstandingly good experiences and outcomes for people, and we can be confident this will be kept up.
- Very good
- Major strengths. Very few areas for improvement, and those that exist have little effect on people.
- Good
- Important strengths, with some areas for improvement. The strengths clearly outweigh the weaknesses.
- Adequate
- Strengths just outweigh weaknesses. Key areas need to improve, and continued performance at this level is not acceptable.
- Weak
- Important weaknesses. Priority action is needed, or people’s welfare or safety may be put at risk.
- Unsatisfactory
- Major weaknesses. Urgent action is needed because people’s welfare or safety is likely to be at risk.
Not sure what the grades mean? Read how Care Inspectorate grades work.
Understanding this rating
Plain facts about how Care Inspectorate rates and inspects services, as Care Inspectorate describes them. This is not advice and not a rating of ours.
The Care Inspectorate gave different grades for different key questions. It graded “Wellbeing” as Good. It graded “Care and support planning” as Good. It graded “Setting” as Adequate. It graded “Staff team” as Good. It graded “Leadership” as Adequate.
What Care Inspectorate looks at
Setting: Adequate
The Care Inspectorate looks at the place where care is given. This includes the quality of the building and facilities, whether the setting helps people be independent, and links with the local community. It does not currently assess this for care at home and supported living.
Questions you could ask
- Can we see the bedrooms and shared spaces?
- How do you keep the building and equipment in good repair?
- How do people get out and about in the local area?
Leadership: Adequate
The Care Inspectorate looks at how well the service is led. This includes its values, how leaders check and improve quality, how they work with others, and how staff are led.
Questions you could ask
- How do you check the quality of care and make improvements?
- How are staff supported and supervised?
- What has changed since the last inspection?
Not every question at every inspection
An inspection may look at some key questions and not others. A grade stays in place until that key question is inspected again. So the grades for one service can come from different dates.
How often it inspects
There is no fixed timetable. The Care Inspectorate decides when to inspect. It uses the information it holds about a service, such as complaints, notifications and past grades, and its view of risk. It can also change a grade between inspections if it finds the grade no longer matches the service.
About this service
- Type of care
- Care home
- Who it supports
- Older people
- Registered places
- 40
- Registered since
- 1 April 2002
- Local council area
- Fife
Who runs it
- Provider
- Fife Council
- Kind of provider
- Local Authority
Other services from this provider
- Wellbeing: Very good
- Care and support planning: Very good
- Staff team: Good
- Leadership: Very good
Care Inspectorate grades, one for each key question; latest report published 1 year ago
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- Wellbeing: Very good
- Care and support planning: Good
- Staff team: Very good
- Leadership: Very good
Care Inspectorate grades, one for each key question; latest report published 1 year ago
- GLENROTHES, KY7 5LT
- Wellbeing: Good
- Care and support planning: Very good
- Staff team: Good
- Leadership: Good
Care Inspectorate grades, one for each key question; latest report published 3 years ago
Grades published August 2023 (more than 2 years ago)
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- Wellbeing: Very good
- Care and support planning: Very good
- Setting: Good
- Staff team: Good
- Leadership: Very good
Care Inspectorate grades, one for each key question; latest report published 9 years ago
Grades published August 2017 (more than 2 years ago)
- Kirkcaldy, KY1 3DT
- Wellbeing: Good
- Care and support planning: Good
- Staff team: Adequate
- Leadership: Good
Care Inspectorate grades, one for each key question; latest report published 3 months ago
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