Social Care Inspector
Cath Sikakana
Active in published reports from Feb 2017 to Sept 2026.
Inspections
185
As lead
147
79% of visits
Last 12 months
15
Remits
2
Social care 158 · Other 27
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care50 graded by Cath
Cath
National
| Outstanding | 30% | 12% | +18 |
| Good | 62% | 68% | -6 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 2% | 15% | -13 |
| Inadequate | 6% | 6% | +0 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 84 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Cath Sikakana's reports read in line with others with the same grade (warmer than 71% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- +2
- Length
- Typical
- Next steps
- 3.0
- per report
- Hedged
- 3%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Staff development 69%Leadership & governance 68%Progress & outcomes 62%Teaching & assessment 57%Care & placements 56%Behaviour 49%Records & policies 45%Parents & families 44%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected74
Leadership and management92
All inspections (185)
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Foundations Sheffield8 Jul 2026 ·Residential Family Centre· Sheffield· mixed tone· Joanna Scott, Cath Sikakana, Gina LightfootGood
- Aycliffe Secure Services11 Jun 2026 ·Children's home· County Durham· mostly positive tone· Jo Birtwhistle, Cath Sikakana, Debbie Foster +2Report
- Good
- Lincolnshire Secure Unit13 May 2026 ·Children's Home, Secure Unit· Lincolnshire· positive tone· Cath Sikakana, Laytoya Morgan, Leanne LyonAssurance
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Assurance
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Outstanding
- Lincolnshire Secure Unit25 Sept 2025 ·Children's Home, Secure Unit· Lincolnshire· very positive tone· Cath Sikakana, Gary Turney, Hayley Lomas +2Report
- Good
- Good
- Clayfields House Secure Unit7 Aug 2025 ·Children's home· Broxtowe· mostly positive tone· Gemma McDonnell, Cath Sikakana, Suzanne Wainright +1Report
- Inadequate
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Lansdowne Secure Unit5 Jun 2025 ·Children's home· Wealden· mostly positive tone· Thirza Smith, Cath Sikakana, Jo Birtwhistle +2Report
- Good
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- Clare Lodge9 May 2025 ·Children's home· Peterborough· mostly positive tone· Tash Williams, Cath Sikakana, Hayley Lomas +1Report
- Lincolnshire Secure Unit10 Apr 2025 ·Children's Home, Secure Unit· Lincolnshire· mostly positive tone· Cath Sikakana, Jo BirtwhistleAssurance
- Good
- Aycliffe Secure Services30 Jan 2025 ·Children's home· County Durham· positive tone· Gary Turney, Cath Sikakana, Gemma McDonnell +2Report
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Lincolnshire Secure Unit7 Nov 2024 ·Children's Home, Secure Unit· Lincolnshire· very positive tone· Cath Sikakana, Anita Pyrkotsch-Jones, Gemma McDonnell +1Report
- Good
- Kyloe House26 Sept 2024 ·Children's Home, Secure Unit· Northumberland· positive tone· Debbie Foster, Cath Sikakana, Gemma McDonnell +4Report
- Barton Moss Secure Care Centre3 Sept 2024 ·Children's Home, Secure Unit· Salford· mostly positive tone· Cath Sikakana, Debbie Foster, Joanne BirtwhistleAssurance
- Good
- Aldine House Secure Centre11 Jul 2024 ·Children's home· Sheffield· mostly positive tone· Debbie Foster, Cath Sikakana, Gemma McDonnell +1Report
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Lincolnshire Secure Unit8 May 2024 ·Children's Home, Secure Unit· Lincolnshire· mostly positive tone· Cath Sikakana, Gary TurneyAssurance
- Outstanding
- Assurance
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- Assurance
- Report
- Kyloe House30 Nov 2023 ·Children's Home, Secure Unit· Northumberland· positive tone· Debbie Foster, Cath Sikakana, Dawn Parton +1Report
- Outstanding
- Report
- Outstanding
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Chrysalis Assessment and Support Centre27 Jul 2023 ·Residential Family Centre· East Riding of Yorkshire· positive tone· Cath Sikakana, Debra BoldyGood
- Assurance
- Good
- Aldine House Secure Centre2 Mar 2023 ·Children's home· Sheffield· mostly positive tone· Debbie Foster, Cath Sikakana, Haley Lomas +1Report
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Lincolnshire Secure Unit12 Jan 2023 ·Children's Home, Secure Unit· Lincolnshire· positive tone· Paul Scott, Cath Sikakana, James Tallis +1Report
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Outstanding
- Kyloe House3 Nov 2022 ·Children's Home, Secure Unit· Northumberland· very positive tone· Cath Sikakana, Anita Pyrkotsch-Jones, Debbie Foster +1Report
- Inadequate
- Children's Home run by North East Lincolnshire Council in North East Lincolnshire12 Oct 2022 ·Children's Home· North East Lincolnshire· mostly positive tone· Jamie Richardson, Cath SikakanaGood
- Adel Beck Secure Children's Home29 Sept 2022 ·Children's Home, Secure Unit· Leeds· mixed tone· Cath Sikakana, Dawn Parton, James Tallis +2Report
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Outstanding
- Clayfields House Secure Unit21 Jul 2022 ·Children's home· Broxtowe· positive tone· Debbie Foster, Cath Sikakana, James Tallis +1Report
- Assurance
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Children's home run by First 4 Care Limited in Doncaster24 May 2022 ·Children's home· Doncaster· very critical tone· Cath Sikakana, Debbie Foster, Steve GuireyInadequate
- Good
- Swanwick Lodge7 Apr 2022 ·Children's Home, Secure Unit· Hampshire· positive tone· Paul Scott, Cath Sikakana, Debbie Holder +1Report
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Kyloe House3 Mar 2022 ·Children's Home, Secure Unit· Northumberland· positive tone· Cath Sikakana, Cathey Moriarty, Debbie Holder +1Report
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Sheffield City Council in Sheffield23 Feb 2022 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Sheffield· mostly positive tone· Alex Howitt, Cath SikakanaGood
- Outstanding
- Monitoring visit
- Aldine House Secure Centre3 Feb 2022 ·Children's home· Sheffield· very positive tone· Cath Sikakana, Malcolm Fraser, Paul Scott +1Report
- Good
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Good
- Aycliffe Secure Services3 Nov 2021 ·Children's home· County Durham· positive tone· Paul Taylor, Cath Sikakana, Debbie HolderReport
- Good
- Report
- Good
- Kyloe House21 Sept 2021 ·Children's Home, Secure Unit· Northumberland· positive tone· Barnaby Dowell, Cath Sikakana, Debbie HolderInspection
- Marydale Lodge16 Sept 2021 ·Children's home· St. Helens· very positive tone· Paul Scott, Cath Sikakana, Malcolm Fraser +1Report
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Aycliffe Secure Services15 Apr 2021 ·Children's home· County Durham· very positive tone· Debbie Foster, Cath Sikakana, Paul Scott +1Report
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Hesley Services Limited in Doncaster4 Jun 2020 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Doncaster· mixed tone· Cath Sikakana, Jamie RichardsonMonitoring visit
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Assurance
- RI to be good
- Inspection
- Assurance
- Atkinson Unit9 Oct 2019 ·Children's Home, Secure Unit· Devon· positive tone· Paul Taylor, Cath Sikakana, Malcolm Fraser +1Report
- Children's home run by Horton Establishments Ltd in Kingston upon Hull, City of17 Sept 2019 ·Children's home· Kingston upon Hull, City of· positive tone· Rachel Ruth, Cath SikakanaAssurance
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Good
- Inspection
- Assurance
- RI to be good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Inspection
- Report
- Outstanding
- Inspection
- Good
- Report
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Inadequate
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Interim
- Interim
- Interim
- Interim
- Interim
- Interim
- Interim
- Interim
- Interim
- Interim
- Assurance
- Assurance
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