Social Care Inspector
Aaron Mcloughlin
Active in published reports from Apr 2019 to Aug 2025.
Inspections
143
As lead
119
83% of visits
Last 12 months
0
Remits
3
Social care 140 · Schools & FE 2 · Other 1
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Schools & FE1 graded by Aaron
Aaron
National
| Outstanding | 0% | 10% | -10 |
| Good | 100% | 66% | +34 |
| Requires improvement | 0% | 19% | -19 |
| Inadequate | 0% | 5% | -5 |
Small sample: fewer than 10 graded inspections, so differences mean little.
Social care66 graded by Aaron
Aaron
National
| Outstanding | 5% | 12% | -7 |
| Good | 61% | 68% | -7 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 26% | 15% | +11 |
| Inadequate | 9% | 6% | +3 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 89 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Aaron Mcloughlin's reports read more critical than others with the same grade (warmer than 6% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- −22
- Length
- +21%
- Next steps
- 6.2
- per report
- Hedged
- 4%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Leadership & governance 75%Staff development 72%Progress & outcomes 59%Teaching & assessment 57%Care & placements 55%Safeguarding 55%Records & policies 55%Behaviour 52%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Behaviour and attitudes1
Helped and protected88
Leadership and management89
Personal development1
Quality of education1
All inspections (143)
- Good
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Monitoring visit
- Inadequate
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- St Anne’s School and Sixth Form College4 Jul 2024 ·Social care· East Riding of Yorkshire· very positive tone· Aaron Mcloughlin, Jo BirtwhistleGood
- Kings Mill School27 Jun 2024 ·Residential Special School· East Riding of Yorkshire· mixed tone· Steve Guirey, Aaron McloughlinGood
- Good
- Good
- Elemore Hall School23 May 2024 ·Community special school· County Durham· very positive tone· David Mills, Aaron Mcloughlin, David Penny +1Good
- Elemore Hall School23 May 2024 ·Social care· County Durham· mostly positive tone· Aaron Mcloughlin, Claire Webster, Steve GuireyGood
- Good
- Barndale House Special School2 May 2024 ·Social care· Northumberland· mostly positive tone· Aaron Mcloughlin, Jane Titley, Jo BirtwhistleGood
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- St John's Catholic Specialist School, Boston Spa8 Feb 2024 ·Residential Special School· Leeds· very positive tone· Aaron Mcloughlin, Gemma McDonnellGood
Show all 143 inspections
- Outstanding
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Good
- Outstanding
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- RI to be good
- Cedar House School5 Oct 2023 ·Residential Special School· North Yorkshire· very positive tone· Aaron Mcloughlin, Steve GuireyOutstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- RI to be good
- St Anne’s School and Sixth Form College28 Jun 2023 ·Social care· East Riding of Yorkshire· positive tone· Aaron Mcloughlin, Gemma McDonnellGood
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Options Autism (1) Limited in North Lincolnshire11 May 2023 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· North Lincolnshire· mixed tone· Aaron Mcloughlin, Gina Lightfoot, Rachel WebsterReport
- Kings Mill School5 May 2023 ·Residential Special School· East Riding of Yorkshire· positive tone· Aaron Mcloughlin, Jane TitleyGood
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- RI to be good
- Assurance
- Good
- RI to be good
- Assurance
- RI to be good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Sheffield City Council in Sheffield23 Nov 2022 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Sheffield· critical tone· Aaron McloughlinGood
- Assurance
- Monitoring visit
- Inadequate
- Ampleforth College14 Oct 2022 ·Other independent school· North Yorkshire· very positive tone· Lee Elliott, Aaron Mcloughlin, Alison Aitchison +2Inspection
- Inadequate
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Inadequate
- RI to be good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Options Autism (1) Limited in North Lincolnshire8 Jun 2022 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· North Lincolnshire· critical tone· Aaron Mcloughlin, Steve GuireyGood
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Options Autism (1) Limited in North Lincolnshire5 Apr 2022 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· North Lincolnshire· critical tone· Aaron Mcloughlin, Jenny FenlonMonitoring visit
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Inspection
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Options Autism (1) Limited in North Lincolnshire10 Feb 2022 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· North Lincolnshire· very critical tone· Aaron Mcloughlin, Jacqueline MalcolmInadequate
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Inspection
- RI to be good
- Good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- Kings Mill School8 Oct 2021 ·Residential Special School· East Riding of Yorkshire· mixed tone· Jane Titley, Aaron McloughlinRI to be good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by The Hesley Group Limited in Doncaster23 Aug 2021 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Doncaster· critical tone· Aaron McloughlinMonitoring visit
- Outstanding
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Children's home run by Hull City Council in Kingston upon Hull, City of3 Jun 2021 ·Children's home· Kingston upon Hull, City of· mostly positive tone· Rachel Ruth, Aaron McloughlinGood
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Outstanding
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Assurance
- RI to be good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Options Autism (1) Limited in North Lincolnshire8 Jan 2020 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· North Lincolnshire· critical tone· Jennifer Fenlon, Aaron McloughlinAssurance
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Assurance
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