Social Care Inspector
Amy Groom
Active in published reports from Oct 2025 to Sept 2026.
Inspections
27
As lead
17
63% of visits
Last 12 months
26
Remits
1
Social care 27
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care26 graded by Amy
Amy
National
| Outstanding | 8% | 12% | -4 |
| Good | 69% | 68% | +1 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 19% | 15% | +5 |
| Inadequate | 4% | 6% | -2 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 24 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Amy Groom's reports read in line with others with the same grade (warmer than 54% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- −1
- Length
- −1%
- Next steps
- 3.4
- per report
- Hedged
- 6%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Leadership & governance 93%Staff development 85%Care & placements 67%Progress & outcomes 67%Parents & families 63%Behaviour 56%Safeguarding 56%Records & policies 56%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected26
Leadership and management26
All inspections (27)
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Assurance
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Children's Home run by Leighview Children's Care Limited in Southend on Sea24 Nov 2025 ·Children's Home· Southend on Sea· very critical tone· Miriam Dolman, Amy Groom, Mark AndertonInadequate
- Good
- Outstanding
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