Care home · Dornoch, Scotland
Oversteps (Care Home)
Care Inspectorate
Oversteps (Care Home) is a care home in Dornoch, Highland, run by Church of Scotland Trading as Crossreach. It is registered for 24 people, with 24 single bedrooms.
- Address
- Earls Cross Road, Dornoch, IV25 3PJ
- Run by
- Church of Scotland Trading as Crossreach
- Type of provider
- Charity or not-for-profit
- Type of care home
- Older People
- Places
- 24 (24 single rooms)
- Main area of care
- Older people - dementia
- Also cares for
- Older people - dementia, Older people - frailty,
- Council area
- Highland
- Registered
- April 2002
- Last inspection
- 3 September 2026
Care Inspectorate grades
| How well do we support people's wellbeing? | 4 · Good |
|---|---|
| How well is care and support planned? | 4 · Good |
| How good is our setting? | 4 · Good |
| How good is our staff team? | 4 · Good |
| How good is our leadership? | 4 · Good |
Grades published 15 September 2026. Scale: 6 excellent, 5 very good, 4 good, 3 adequate, 2 weak, 1 unsatisfactory.
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Oversteps (Care Home) compared with care homes (older people) in Highland
- Lowest grade. Its lowest grade is 4 (good). Of the other 48 care homes (older people) in Highland, 9 have a higher lowest grade and 31 have the same. 83% of them are graded 4 (good) or better in every area, against 77% of all care homes in Scotland.
- Grade by theme against the Highland average. Wellbeing 4 (area average 4.5); Care planning 4 (area average 4.2); Setting 4 (area average 4.3); Staff team 4 (area average 4.4); Leadership 4 (area average 4.2).
- Last inspection. Inspected 2 months ago; the median for care homes (older people) in Highland is 8 months.
- Size. Registered for 24 people. The median is 31 for care homes (older people) in Highland, and 33% are smaller.
- Staffing. 4.8 staff reported for 24 places, or 0.20 per place. The median for care homes (older people) in Highland is 0.93. Reported staff numbers are a rough guide, not a safe-staffing measure, so ask the service how it staffs each shift.
- Complaints and enforcement. The Care Inspectorate datastore records no upheld complaints and no enforcement notices for this service in 2025-26 and 2026-27 to date. 25% of the other care homes (older people) in Highland have at least one upheld complaint in the same period.
- Registered. On the regulator's register since April 2002 (24.7 years); the median for care homes (older people) in Highland is 14.7 years.
- Same provider. Church of Scotland Trading as Crossreach also runs 29 other regulated services in Scotland (20 care homes, 9 care at home) across 14 council areas, including Cameron House (Care Home) (Highland), Whinnieknowe (Care Home) (Highland), Beechwood House (Highland), Highland and Islands Residential Recovery Centre (Highland).
- Health board. Highland sits in the NHS Highland area.
Compared with the other 48 care homes (older people) on this site in Highland. Source: Care Inspectorate datastore. Grades describe the last inspection, not the service today.
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Paying for care in Scotland (2026/27)
- Free personal care for adults assessed as needing it, at any age: in a care home the council pays £260.30 a week towards personal care, plus £117.10 a week for nursing care if needed.
- Care home fees are means-tested: savings above £36,750 mean you pay the rest of the fee yourself; below £22,750 savings are ignored, and £1 a week is counted for every £250 in between.
- Personal care at home (help with washing, dressing, eating) is free once the council assesses the need; other help at home may be charged.
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Service details and grades from the Care Inspectorate datastore, checked November 2026, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The Care Panel is an independent directory and does not provide care.