SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement
CQC hasn't inspected this home for more than 5 years. It re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating doesn't count against a home on this site, but it may not reflect the home today. ?
Heightside House Nursing Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 65 other homes in Lancashire.
83% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Heightside House Nursing Home is a 78-bed nursing home in Rossendale, Lancashire, run by Randomlight Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, younger adults and people with mental health needs. That is larger than most homes in Lancashire, where the typical home has 28 beds.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in November 2022. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. It was also rated Requires improvement at the inspection before, in July 2021.
Across Lancashire, 83% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in June 2026. That is true of 77% of homes in Lancashire. Woodleigh House, 0.8 km away, is the closest home rated Good. Randomlight Limited runs 2 care homes, and 1 of the 2 rated are Good or Outstanding.
