Social Care Inspector
Cat Makel
Active in published reports from May 2023 to Sept 2026.
Inspections
97
As lead
76
78% of visits
Last 12 months
29
Remits
2
Social care 94 · Other 3
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care75 graded by Cat
Cat
National
| Outstanding | 3% | 12% | -9 |
| Good | 77% | 68% | +9 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 17% | 15% | +3 |
| Inadequate | 3% | 6% | -3 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 74 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Cat Makel's reports read more critical than others with the same grade (warmer than 10% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- −12
- Length
- +22%
- Next steps
- 5.9
- per report
- Hedged
- 6%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Staff development 79%Leadership & governance 78%Progress & outcomes 78%Records & policies 76%Safeguarding 63%Parents & families 55%Behaviour 51%Teaching & assessment 47%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected73
Leadership and management75
All inspections (97)
- RI to be good
- Assurance
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Report
- Report
- Outstanding
- Together For Children Adoption - Sunderland13 Mar 2026 ·Voluntary Adoption Agency, Domestic and inter-country adoption· Sunderland· positive tone· Jo Warburton, Cat Makel, Joanne WallisGood
- Outstanding
- Assurance
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- RI to be good
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- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Children's home run by Witherslack Group Limited in Westmorland and Furness3 Sept 2025 ·Children's home· Westmorland and Furness· mostly positive tone· Cat Makel, Karen KarlssonGood
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Inadequate
- RI to be good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Compass Fostering North Limited21 Nov 2024 ·Independent Fostering Services· Bradford· positive tone· Evelyn Chafota, Cat Makel, Miriam DolmanGood
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- The Children's Family Trust27 Sept 2024 ·Independent Fostering Services· Durham· mostly positive tone· Cat Makel, Joanne WallisGood
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Changing Futures Fostering Limited12 Jul 2024 ·Independent Fostering Services, Voluntary org placing children· Hartlepool· mostly positive tone· Cat MakelGood
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Report
- Good
- Good
- Good
- The Ethical Fostering Service Limited6 Oct 2023 ·Independent Fostering Services· East Riding of Yorkshire· mixed tone· Julia Hagan, Cat MakelGood
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
Where they've inspected
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