
the food was outstanding and the team were so considerateMargaret(Friend of Resident/Service User)

The family feel welcome when visiting, there is a very lovely atmosphere.D W(Wife of Resident/Service User)

When we visit we are always made to feel welcome. Would recommend to anyone.Jennifer H(Sister of Resident/Service User)

the food was outstanding and the team were so considerateMargaret(Friend of Resident/Service User)

The family feel welcome when visiting, there is a very lovely atmosphere.D W(Wife of Resident/Service User)

When we visit we are always made to feel welcome. Would recommend to anyone.Jennifer H(Sister of Resident/Service User)

Located in a residential area of Banbury, Larkrise is a 60-bed capacity care home dedicated to person-centred methods. The home offers quality residential, nursing and respite care along with specialist care for older people diagnosed with dementia.
Priding itself on delicious, home-cooked meals, engaging activities and high standards of care, Larkrise's team goes above and beyond to help residents feel at home. The home's large gardens delight residents and visitors throughout...
Care Provided by Larkrise
Primary Care Categories
- Older Person Care
- Dementia
- Physical Disability
- Visual / Hearing Impairment
Length of Stay
- Permanent Care
- Respite Care
Care Types Provided
- Residential Care
- Nursing Care
- Dementia Residential Care
- For a maximum of 60 Service Users
Dementia Care TypesMild Dementia
Someone living with our definition of "mild dementia" might experience some or all of the following:
- Memory problems such as misplacing items and not be able to recall recent events (however, in some forms of dementia a person's memory may be unchanged)
- Difficulties thinking through problems and planning, making decisions
- Language and communication issues such as finding it difficult to recall the appropriate word in a conversation or following a conversation
- Poor orientation, getting lost in areas previously familiar to them
- Difficulty judging distances (more falls than usual)
- Changes in their normal mood including anxiety and depression
- In certain types of dementia, personality and behaviour changes may be present alongside or instead of issues with memory or concentration.
Moderate Dementia
Someone living with our definition of "moderate dementia" might experience some or all of the following:
- Worsened memory problems. Not always recognising own family members and friends. Repeating the same questions over and over again
- Worsened language and communication issues, forgetting what they are saying mid-sentence. Not being able to understand what someone else is saying
- More frequent confusion, e.g. about the time of day or where they are, including their own home
- Apathy, depression and anxiety
- Believing things that aren't true (paranoia)
- Frequent hallucinations
- Lack of emotional control, quick to anger, fearfulness, sadness
- Loss of inhibition
- Difficulties sleeping or waking during the night and behaving as though it is daytime - loss of circadian rhythm.
Advanced Dementia
Someone living with our definition of "severe dementia" might experience some or all of the following:
- Severe memory problems. Not recognising family members and friends. Not being able to recall their own name
- Severe language and communication issues, not being able to understand what someone else is saying
- Severe confusion, e.g. about the time of day or where they are, including their own home
- Apathy, depression and anxiety
- Believing things that aren't true (paranoia)
- Frequent hallucinations
- Lack of emotional control, quick to anger, fearfulness, sadness
- Loss of inhibition
- Difficulties sleeping or waking during the night and behaving as though it is daytime - loss of circadian rhythm.
Verbally or physically aggressive behaviour
If your loved one displays this type of behaviour you may need a care home that has specially trained staff. Verbal/physical aggression is often defined:
- Consistent shouting and screaming
- Verbal abuse
- Physical abuse
How we define Dementia Care Types
Mild Dementia
Someone living with our definition of "mild dementia" might experience some or all of the following:
- Memory problems such as misplacing items and not be able to recall recent events (however, in some forms of dementia a person's memory may be unchanged)
- Difficulties thinking through problems and planning, making decisions
- Language and communication issues such as finding it difficult to recall the appropriate word in a conversation or following a conversation
- Poor orientation, getting lost in areas previously familiar to them
- Difficulty judging distances (more falls than usual)
- Changes in their normal mood including anxiety and depression
- In certain types of dementia, personality and behaviour changes may be present alongside or instead of issues with memory or concentration.
Moderate Dementia
Someone living with our definition of "moderate dementia" might experience some or all of the following:
- Worsened memory problems. Not always recognising own family members and friends. Repeating the same questions over and over again
- Worsened language and communication issues, forgetting what they are saying mid-sentence. Not being able to understand what someone else is saying
- More frequent confusion, e.g. about the time of day or where they are, including their own home
- Apathy, depression and anxiety
- Believing things that aren't true (paranoia)
- Frequent hallucinations
- Lack of emotional control, quick to anger, fearfulness, sadness
- Loss of inhibition
- Difficulties sleeping or waking during the night and behaving as though it is daytime - loss of circadian rhythm.
Advanced Dementia
Someone living with our definition of "severe dementia" might experience some or all of the following:
- Severe memory problems. Not recognising family members and friends. Not being able to recall their own name
- Severe language and communication issues, not being able to understand what someone else is saying
- Severe confusion, e.g. about the time of day or where they are, including their own home
- Apathy, depression and anxiety
- Believing things that aren't true (paranoia)
- Frequent hallucinations
- Lack of emotional control, quick to anger, fearfulness, sadness
- Loss of inhibition
- Difficulties sleeping or waking during the night and behaving as though it is daytime - loss of circadian rhythm.
Verbally or physically aggressive behaviour
If your loved one displays this type of behaviour you may need a care home that has specially trained staff. Verbal/physical aggression is often defined:
- Consistent shouting and screaming
- Verbal abuse
- Physical abuse
How we define Dementia Care Types
- Mild Dementia
- Moderate Dementia
Other Care Provided
- Parkinson's Disease
- Stroke
Facilities
- Own Furniture if required
- Lift
- Wheelchair Access
- Gardens
- Bar/Café
- Residents Kitchenette
- Television point in own room
Funding & Fees
Weekly Charges per Person
These services are: Personal care, accommodation,
utilities, use of communal areas, meals, drinks and
snacks, laundry (excluding dry cleaning),
housekeeping, maintenance and activities run by the
home.
physiotherapy, occupational therapy, opticians, hairdressing,
medications, toiletries, clothing, newspapers/magazines.
During your stay, you may need to purchase additional goods
and services. If they are able to provide such goods and
services, they will tell you how much these goods and services
will cost and they expect that you will pay for these goods and
services at the time you request them.
They can accompany loved ones to private appointments,
however the fee attached to this is £21 per hour. Where private taxi
services are used for transportation to appointments the cost should
be paid for by yourself.
The price(s) shown are provided by the care home. Contact Larkrise for full pricing details and T&Cs.
Contact Larkrise to confirm what's included and get a personalised quote:
Funding Types Accepted
- Self-Funding (Private)
- Local Authority with Top-up
- Local Authority
- NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC)
Support you may be entitled to
- If you chose a care home based in England, you may be eligible for NHS Funded Nursing Care (FNC), which helps cover the cost of nursing. This is worth £267.68 per week and is usually paid directly to the care home.
Good to Know
Group / Owner
- The Orders of St John Care Trust
- Voluntary / Not for Profit Owned
Person in charge
- Catherine Howse(Home Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Ages 65+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: Yes
- Last Refurbishment: 1995
Room Information
- Single Rooms (60)
- Single Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (60)
Larkrise Reviews (101)
Larkrise has a Review Score of 9.7 (9.703) out of 10, based on 27 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Larkrise has 101 reviews.
My mother in law arrived in October from hospital. She has dementia and forgets everything but the staff are very kind, considerate and patient. She does not eat much but is always being offered food!! And the food is excellent. There are lots of activities and she joins in sometimes but her attention span is very short. There is a doctor who visits and he has helped mother through a chest infection and a UTI. The staff are always very respectful and look after her personal care extremely well. There are never any unpleasant smells around. We are very happy with Larkrise as mother's care home.
I visited this home with an open for a placement for my father and to be honest I couldn't have been more impressed. The place itself is very well presented and caters for all residents needs. The staff were very friendly and well informed. Having also met some of the residents they were all very happy and contented. The rooms were very well furnished and large, I can see my father very very happy there.
My wife has been in care homes since January 2013 and at Larkrise Care Home since July 2014 the care in the main has been good and the food is ok most of the time. Some problems with missing laundry. My wife is not able to join in many of the activities as she is very sleepy a lot of the time (Parkinson's) there seems to be a lot with this so one to one or two to one with residents can be a minor problem when short staffed or temps. Nurses are very good.
I was very impressed with the carers and their professionalism.
My visit to Larkrise Care Centre was very pleasurable, the staff were very friendly and made me and my husband feel very welcome, nothing was too much trouble for them and all the staff regardless of their role were helpful and kind not just to the residents who live there but all visitors as well.
The manager is fabulous and the home has improved greatly since she started. The staff are very caring and treat the residents as they would their own family. It's clean and well maintained with a welcoming atmosphere.
We couldn't wish for a better place for her to be.
Care and assistance always available. Staff firm but friendly.
It has been an immense relief moving mum into such a caring environment. Larkrise is marvellous as are the staff that are looking after mum at such a difficult time for all of us. Mum is safe and cared for at Larkrise.
My brother in law was cared for with kindness and great humanity, especially towards his last days, which were very difficult for the family to see. Our thanks go to all the staff.
My mother has been a resident since Larkrise opened in 2011. The environment is clean, warm and friendly, there are activities during the week days and articles around the unit to stimulate the dementia residents. Rooms are spacious en-suite and look out on lovely garden area. meals are well balanced and drinks, snacks provided throughout the day and evening. Carers are very good and well meaning and look after my mum very well, sometimes could have more staff on duty, also activities at weekends.
I must start by saying that I am not very good at doing this sort of thing, but I am so pleased with your care that you give to my wife, and just the little things that are so important, she tells me how much she likes the food and the help she gets to eat it. The home is good right from the time you get through the door and when you are on the way out. Thank you xx
Very helpful and well cared for.
On my short visit I was pleasantly surprised how good the house was in condition and staff. May I say the website on the home criticised it's condition which I thought was totally unjustified.
My parents both took up residence at Lark Rise from the day it opened in 2011. Dad upstairs in intermediate care with his Parkinson's and mum downstairs with her vascular dementia. The staff treated them with great respect and took mum upstairs everyday to be with dad. Dad was a shy and quiet man and didn't like partaking in group activities, but I would often visit and find a carer sitting with him just chatting. Mum on the other hand was encouraged and enjoyed group activities. They were both treated well with great respect and dignity until dad died in September 2012 and mum September 2015.
Thank you so much for your review. I will share your kind comments with the team who will, I know, really appreciate them. It was our privilege to care for your Mum and Dad, both of whom are greatly missed. All of us send our best wishes to you and the family.
A very friendly staff, always made welcome.
Everybody at Lark Rise has been very patient and professional in helping my mother settle into the care home. This has been a difficult period for all of us and mum has been quite reluctant. However the whole staff have handled this very well.
Excellent care home with good staff and facilities. Modern with lovely gardens.
A pleasant review and satisfied with everything. The staff are very amiable and helpful. The home is well kept with lovely gardens. The new homes manager is very nice and we enjoyed the meet and greet meeting that we attended.
My mother who was diagnosed with car. vasc. dementia 5 years ago had been living in her own flat within an assisted care village but because dangerous for her was asked to leave. She has been at Larkrise for 4/5 months, began upstairs in residential section but because she loves gardens was moved downstairs into dementia area where she is much happier as she has good care/access to walk around freely and more space. Larkrise are currently reviewing her needs (which they do constantly) their attention to residents medical/physical and mental individuality is handled kindly/efficiently and with great dignity. They try wherever possible to provide each resident with stimulation and comfort.
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 20 September 2019Good
- CaringGood
- EffectiveGood
- ResponsiveGood
- SafeGood
- Well-ledGood
Inspection ratings
We rate most services according to how safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led they are, using four levels:
- Outstanding - The service is performing exceptionally well.
- Good - The service is performing well and meeting our expectations.
- Requires Improvement - The service isn't performing as well as it should and we have told the service how it must improve.
- Inadequate - The service is performing badly and we've taken action against the person or organisation that runs it.
- Not rated - we have not yet rated this area of the service, this is normally because the assessments we have carried out have been focused on other key questions.
Bed Vacancies
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Awards / Recognitions (9)
- 30 Jan 2026Recipient: The Orders of St John Care Trust
- 31 Jan 2024Recipient: The Orders of St John Care Trust
- 28 Feb 2023Recipient: The Orders of St John Care Trust
Accreditations
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Meet the Team (5)

Catherine joined the Trust in 2016 as a Carer and has since completed both her Level 2 and Level 3 qualifications in Health and Social Care. Through her dedication and hard work, she progressed to the role of Care Leader, Deputy Manager and more recently promoted to Home Manager.
Catherine is now exploring her next step and is preparing to begin her Level 5 qualification. She is excited to embrace the new challenges ahead in her leadership role.
Outside of work, Catherine enjoys all kinds of sports and is a devoted dog lover. She often brings her dog, Cooper, into the home to visit with residents.

Celina joined The Orders of St John Care Trust in December 2025 as Deputy Manager at Larkrise Care Centre. She is a Registered General Nurse with over 20 years of experience in health and social care, having progressed from a Healthcare Assistant into senior leadership roles. Celina completed her Adult Nursing training at Oxford Brookes University and also holds NVQ Level 2 and Level 3 qualifications in Health and Social Care.
Her clinical background is wide-ranging, with experience across acute NHS settings including Accident & Emergency, Surgical, General Medicine, Assessment Medical Unit, Stroke, Cardiology, and Upper GI, alongside extensive experience within care home environments. Celina is passionate about delivering high-quality, person-centred care and supporting teams to provide safe, effective, and compassionate services. In her role, she particularly enjoys leading staff development, improving clinical standards, and working closely with families to achieve the best outcomes for residents.
Celina is looking forward to continuing to strengthen the team at Larkrise, enhancing care quality, and contributing to a positive and supportive environment for both residents and staff. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her family and balancing the busy life of being a working parent.

Jade has been a career in the trust for three years and an Activities Co-ordinator for two years. Starting off working in a cake shop, she then took the step into working in the care sector in the community before joining OSJCT. She loves anything creative and doing baking and says, “Making people smile is the highlight of my day”.

Cecelia joined OSJCT as Bursar in 2024. She brings a wealth of experience from her background in finance, which she applied in her previous role as Senior House Manager at Abbeyfield. There, Cecelia managed multiple properties across Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, and Buckinghamshire, overseeing operations, staff, and the wellbeing of residents.
Cecelia is looking forward to putting her experience into practice at Larkrise, ensuring the smooth running of the home and supporting both residents and staff.
Outside of work, Cecelia is married and a mother to three children. She enjoys spending time with her family and values the balance between her professional and personal life.

Kevin has worked for the trust for 2.5 years. Prior to working for the trust, Kevin was self-employed in the building trade. Our residents and staff love him and he has built great relationships with them. Kevin likes not knowing what each day will bring, but can turn his hand to most maintenance tasks.
He has recently developed a passion for fitness, and has started going to the gym! Kevin used to train greyhounds and regularly attends meets and races.
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