SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?44%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Learning cultureSignificant shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?54%Requires improvement
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Consent to care and treatmentSignificant shortfalls
Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?65%Good
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Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?57%Requires improvement
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?50%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 10 good, 23 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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. ?
Kite Hill Care 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%).
Run by Colville Care Limited, Kite Hill Care Home is a nursing home in Ryde, Isle of Wight with 30 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia and people with a physical disability.
CQC's latest rating, from September 2026, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective, responsive and well-led as well. Caring was rated Good. Its previous rating, in February 2020, was Good, so the home has slipped. Ratings in Isle of Wight are typically about 5 years old, which makes this one newer than most. CQC found significant shortfalls in “consent to care and treatment”, one of 23 standards out of 33 scored below good.
About 1.3 km away, Woodside Hall Nursing Home is rated Good. Colville Care Limited runs 3 care homes, and 2 of the 3 rated are Good or Outstanding. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in October 2025. That is true of 82% of homes in Isle of Wight. Across Isle of Wight, 71% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.
