SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?41%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Learning cultureSignificant shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?46%Requires improvement
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Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSignificant shortfalls
Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?70%Good
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Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?54%Requires improvement
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Equity in accessGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?54%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 9 good, 24 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. ?
Solent Grange 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%).
Solent Grange Nursing Home is one of 60 care homes in Isle of Wight: a 89-bed nursing home in Ryde, run by Olympus Opco LTD. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with mental health needs. The typical home in Isle of Wight has 24 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
CQC last rated the home in July 2026, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective, responsive and well-led as well. CQC rated caring as Good. Its previous rating, in December 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. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 24 fell below good. The lowest was “delivering evidence-based care and treatment” (significant shortfalls).
The nearest home with a higher rating is Vecta House (Good), 1.8 km away. The home changed owner in January 2025. 11 of Olympus Opco LTD’s 15 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). Across Isle of Wight, 71% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from February 2026. That is true of 82% of homes in Isle of Wight.
