2 The Steading is a care home in Kirknewton, run by Real Life Options. The Care Inspectorate gives no overall grade. It has graded 5 key questions, and the lowest grade is Good (latest report published 10 July 2026). It is registered for 8 places. It is registered to support people with a learning disability or autism.
2 The Steading, Humbie Farm, Kirknewton, EH27 8DS
Grades, not an overall rating
Care Inspectorate grades a service on a six-point scale, from Unsatisfactory to Excellent, for each key question that applies to its type of service. It does not give a service one overall grade, so we do not either. Each grade is shown below as Care Inspectorate published it.
The latest graded inspection report was published on 10 July 2026.
Last checked by Care Inspectorate: 7 July 2026.
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Care Inspectorate grades each key question that applies to this type of service from 1 to 6. Each grade is shown as Care Inspectorate published it.
A service keeps its grade for a key question until that question is inspected again, so a grade can be older than the latest report. Where a service has not been inspected under Care Inspectorate’s newer quality frameworks, the nearest earlier grade is shown.
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Plain facts about how Care Inspectorate rates and inspects services, as Care Inspectorate describes them. This is not advice and not a rating of ours.
The Care Inspectorate gave different grades for different key questions. It graded “Wellbeing” as Very good. It graded “Care and support planning” as Good. It graded “Setting” as Good. It graded “Staff team” as Good. It graded “Leadership” as Very good.
An inspection may look at some key questions and not others. A grade stays in place until that key question is inspected again. So the grades for one service can come from different dates.
There is no fixed timetable. The Care Inspectorate decides when to inspect. It uses the information it holds about a service, such as complaints, notifications and past grades, and its view of risk. It can also change a grade between inspections if it finds the grade no longer matches the service.
Care Inspectorate grades, one for each key question; latest report published 9 years ago
Grades published December 2016 (more than 2 years ago)
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Care Inspectorate grades, one for each key question; latest report published 4 months ago
Care Inspectorate grades, one for each key question; latest report published 7 years ago
Grades published March 2019 (more than 2 years ago)
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