Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 1 year ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?62%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?71%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?75%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Good
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Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?62%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 28 good, 5 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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Highfield House Nursing Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 13 other homes in Isle of Wight.
71% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Scio Healthcare Limited runs Highfield House Nursing Home, a nursing home in Ryde, Isle of Wight with room for 46 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability. That is larger than most homes in Isle of Wight, where the typical home has 24 beds.
Woodville, 0.3 km away, is the closest home rated Good. Scio Healthcare Limited runs 4 care homes, and 0 of the 4 rated are Good or Outstanding. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in January 2026. 82% of homes in Isle of Wight also score 5. Across Isle of Wight, 71% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.
CQC last rated the home in August 2025, giving it Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. Its previous rating, in December 2018, was Good, so the home has slipped. That is more recent than most ratings in Isle of Wight, where the typical rating is about 5 years old. 5 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “involving people to manage risks”.
