Social Care Inspector
Alison Snell
Active in published reports from Aug 2022 to Sept 2026.
Inspections
125
As lead
110
88% of visits
Last 12 months
21
Remits
1
Social care 125
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care101 graded by Alison
Alison
National
| Outstanding | 10% | 12% | -2 |
| Good | 69% | 68% | +1 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 18% | 15% | +3 |
| Inadequate | 3% | 6% | -3 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 101 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Alison Snell's reports read in line with others with the same grade (warmer than 51% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- −1
- Length
- +4%
- Next steps
- 5.0
- per report
- Hedged
- 4%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Staff development 84%Leadership & governance 83%Progress & outcomes 82%Safeguarding 58%Behaviour 53%Records & policies 50%Care & placements 47%Teaching & assessment 38%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected101
Leadership and management101
All inspections (125)
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Foster Care Associates Midlands26 Jun 2026 ·Independent Fostering Services· Worcestershire· positive tone· Alison Snell, Lydia IsaacGood
- New Life Fostering Agency12 Jun 2026 ·Independent Fostering Services· Birmingham· mostly positive tone· Lydia Isaac, Alison SnellGood
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Overley Hall Limited in Telford and Wrekin30 Apr 2026 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Telford and Wrekin· critical tone· Alison Snell, Emma Hutton, Sarah BerryRI to be good
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- New College Worcester5 Feb 2026 ·Residential Special School· Worcestershire· very positive tone· Debbie Bond, Alison SnellGood
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Assurance
- Walton Hall23 Oct 2025 ·Residential Special School· Staffordshire· very positive tone· Chanel Bryant, Alison Snell, Jas NaharGood
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Overley Hall Limited in Telford and Wrekin14 Oct 2025 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Telford and Wrekin· mixed tone· Alison SnellMonitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Good
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- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Overley Hall Limited in Telford and Wrekin26 Jun 2025 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Telford and Wrekin· mostly positive tone· Amy Richards, Alison Snell, Carl WiltonGood
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Overley Hall Limited in Telford and Wrekin18 Mar 2025 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Telford and Wrekin· mixed tone· Alison Snell, John Tomlinson, Nurul KabirAssurance
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Capstone Foster Care (South East) Limited15 Nov 2024 ·Independent Fostering Services· Worcestershire· very positive tone· Vicky Smith, Alison Snell, Lydia IsaacOutstanding
- Good
- Good
- Inadequate
- Good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Overley Hall Limited in Telford and Wrekin2 Oct 2024 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Telford and Wrekin· critical tone· Alison Snell, Sonia Sullivan, Tara WebbRI to be good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Kef Kids Ltd14 Aug 2024 ·Residential holiday scheme for disabled children· City of London· very positive tone· Alison SnellOutstanding
- Over the Wall7 Aug 2024 ·Residential holiday scheme for disabled children· Hampshire· very positive tone· Alison SnellOutstanding
- Good
- RI to be good
- Inadequate
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Aspris Children’s Services Limited in Staffordshire25 Apr 2024 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Staffordshire· mixed tone· Alison Snell, Sonia SullivanMonitoring visit
- Assurance
- Good
- Outstanding
- Assurance
- Outstanding
- Good
- Outstanding
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Inadequate
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Aspris Children’s Services Limited in Staffordshire20 Sept 2023 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Staffordshire· positive tone· Alison Snell, Sonia SullivanGood
- Good
- Over the Wall17 Aug 2023 ·Residential holiday scheme for disabled children· Hampshire· very positive tone· Alison SnellOutstanding
- Good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- RI to be good
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