Social Care Inspector
Amanda Maxwell
Active in published reports from Dec 2015 to Aug 2025.
Inspections
178
As lead
146
82% of visits
Last 12 months
0
Remits
3
Social care 156 · Other 17 · Schools & FE 5
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care7 graded by Amanda
Amanda
National
| Outstanding | 29% | 31% | -3 |
| Good | 71% | 58% | +13 |
| Inadequate | 0% | 11% | -11 |
Small sample: fewer than 10 graded inspections, so differences mean little.
Social care11 graded by Amanda
Amanda
National
| Outstanding | 18% | 12% | +6 |
| Good | 45% | 68% | -22 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 27% | 15% | +13 |
| Inadequate | 9% | 6% | +3 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 91 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Amanda Maxwell's reports read more critical than others with the same grade (warmer than 9% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- −13
- Length
- +17%
- Next steps
- 6.3
- per report
- Hedged
- 4%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Leadership & governance 85%Progress & outcomes 77%Staff development 75%Safeguarding 72%Records & policies 68%Teaching & assessment 67%Behaviour 54%Care & placements 51%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected84
Leadership and management58
All inspections (178)
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- Good
- Inspection
- Outstanding
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- Good
- First Steps Fostering Ltd9 Aug 2024 ·Independent Fostering Services, Refuge· Kent· very positive tone· Amanda Maxwell, Steve BaileyGood
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- Good
- Outstanding
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- Inspection
- Good
- Good
- Parent And Child Fostering Assessments28 Apr 2023 ·Independent Fostering Services· Surrey· very critical tone· Sarah Olliver, Amanda Maxwell, Skye FrainInadequate
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Monitoring visit
- By The Bridge8 Feb 2021 ·Independent Fostering Services· Kent· critical tone· Amanda Maxwell, Sarah Olliver, Stephen Collett +1Report
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- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Outstanding
- Brighter Futures For Children: Fostering Service10 Feb 2020 ·Independent Fostering Services, Agency performing the function(s) of LAs· Reading· mixed tone· Amanda Maxwell, Alexander Dignan, Suzy LemmyAssurance
- RI to be good
- Good
- Assurance
- All4u Fostering Ltd27 Sept 2019 ·Independent Fostering Services· Kent· mostly positive tone· Amanda Harvey, Amanda MaxwellGood
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Barnardo's Fostering South East13 May 2019 ·Independent Fostering Services· Redbridge· positive tone· Amanda Maxwell, Anne-Marie DaviesAssurance
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Slough Children First12 Apr 2019 ·Independent Fostering Services, Agency performing the function(s) of LAs· Slough· very critical tone· Amanda Maxwell, Maria Lonergan, Stephen CollettInadequate
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Report
- Outstanding
- St Francis Children's Society24 Jan 2019 ·Voluntary Adoption Agency, Domestic adoption· Milton Keynes· mixed tone· Jacqueline Georghiou, Amanda MaxwellInadequate
- Report
- Inspection
- Inadequate
- Monitoring visit
- Farney Close School5 Dec 2018 ·Independent School· West Sussex· positive tone· Lucy English, Amanda Maxwell, Lee Selby +1Report
- Inadequate
- Good
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Foster Care Associates South East17 Aug 2018 ·Independent Fostering Services· Southwark· positive tone· Maire Atherton, Amanda MaxwellGood
- Good
- Outstanding
- Monitoring visit
- Children's home run by Kisimul Group Limited in North Kesteven4 Jul 2018 ·Children's home· North Kesteven· critical tone· Emeline Evans, Amanda Maxwell, Jennie Christopher +1RI to be good
- Slough Children First22 Jun 2018 ·Independent Fostering Services, Agency performing the function(s) of LAs· Slough· mixed tone· Amanda Maxwell, Amanda Harvey, James HarmonRI to be good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Inspection
- Outstanding
- Compass Fostering South2 Mar 2018 ·Independent Fostering Services· West Sussex· positive tone· Maire Atherton, Amanda MaxwellGood
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- RI to be good
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- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Report
- RI to be good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Children's home run by Cambian Autism Services Limited in Hammersmith and Fulham22 Jun 2017 ·Children's home· Hammersmith and Fulham· very positive tone· Amanda Maxwell, Chris PeelOutstanding
- Good
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- T A S I S26 May 2016 ·Other independent school· Surrey· mixed tone· Ann Henderson, Amanda Maxwell, Angus Mackay +5Report
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Interim
- Good
- Interim
- Outstanding
- Interim
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- Good
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- Muntham House School9 Dec 2015 ·Non-maintained special school· West Sussex· positive tone· Jennie Christopher, Amanda MaxwellReport
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