Ofsted Inspector
Ben O’Connell
Active in published reports from Jun 2022 to Apr 2025.
Inspections
15
As lead
0
0% of visits
Last 12 months
0
Remits
1
Schools & FE 15
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Schools & FE8 graded by Ben
Ben
National
| Outstanding | 0% | 10% | -10 |
| Good | 88% | 66% | +22 |
| Requires improvement | 13% | 19% | -7 |
| Inadequate | 0% | 5% | -5 |
Small sample: fewer than 10 graded inspections, so differences mean little.
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 8 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Ben O’Connell's reports read more critical than others with the same grade (warmer than 18% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- −8
- Length
- +3%
- Next steps
- 3.8
- per report
- Hedged
- 9%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Curriculum 100%Reading & phonics 93%Leadership & governance 93%Teaching & assessment 87%Parents & families 67%SEND & inclusion 67%Safeguarding 53%Behaviour 47%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Behaviour and attitudes11
Early years10
Leadership and management11
Personal development11
Quality of education11
All inspections (15)
- Westfield Infant School30 Apr 2025 ·Community school· Leicestershire· very positive tone· Shaheen Hussain, Ben O’Connell, Kerry Williams +1Good
- Good
- Good
- Packington Church of England Primary School4 Jun 2024 ·Voluntary controlled school· Leicestershire· mostly positive tone· Stephen Long, Ben O’ConnellInspection
- Good
- Good
- Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery26 Apr 2023 ·Community school· Nottinghamshire· very positive tone· Aoife Galletly, Ben O’Connell, Steve TagueGood
- Lord Street Nursery School19 Apr 2023 ·Local authority nursery school· Derby· mostly positive tone· Shaheen Hussain, Ben O’ConnellInspection
- Inspection
- Dalestorth Primary and Nursery School3 Nov 2022 ·Community school· Nottinghamshire· positive tone· Vic Wilkinson, Ben O’Connell, Paul LowtherGood
- Good
- Beanfield Primary School12 Oct 2022 ·Academy sponsor led· North Northamptonshire· mostly positive tone· Damien Turrell, Ben O’Connell, Elizabeth Mace +2Good
- Good
- Bradwell CofE (Controlled) Infant School & Nursery19 Jul 2022 ·Voluntary controlled school· Derbyshire· mostly positive tone· Caroline Poole, Ben O’ConnellInspection
- Ashby Fields Primary School15 Jun 2022 ·Academy converter· West Northamptonshire· mixed tone· Damien Turrell, Anna Crawte, Ben O’Connell +1Requires improvement
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