SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?63%Good
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?67%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Consent to 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?80%Good
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Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
Independence, choice and controlExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?64%Good
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
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: 23 good, 1 exceptional, 9 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. ?
Run by Mr M E & Mr P R Butterfield, Sotwell Hill House is a residential care home in Wallingford, Oxfordshire with 36 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers older people.
The Close Care Home, 5.6 km away, is the closest home rated Outstanding. 69 other homes in Oxfordshire share its tier, “Good”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 4 (good), from January 2025. In Oxfordshire, 88% of homes score 5.
Its CQC rating, from June 2026, is Good across the board: overall and for every key question. That is up from Requires improvement in August 2023. Ratings in Oxfordshire are typically about 6 years old, which makes this one newer than most. CQC found some shortfalls in “assessing needs”, one of 9 standards out of 33 scored below good.
