Social Care Inspector
Cathy Wilkins
Active in published reports from Jul 2021 to Aug 2026.
Inspections
190
As lead
172
91% of visits
Last 12 months
33
Remits
1
Social care 190
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care144 graded by Cathy
Cathy
National
| Outstanding | 9% | 12% | -3 |
| Good | 72% | 68% | +4 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 12% | 15% | -3 |
| Inadequate | 8% | 6% | +2 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 153 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Cathy Wilkins's reports read in line with others with the same grade (warmer than 71% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- +2
- Length
- −17%
- Next steps
- 3.7
- per report
- Hedged
- 4%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Staff development 88%Leadership & governance 77%Progress & outcomes 71%Behaviour 66%Care & placements 57%Teaching & assessment 51%Records & policies 46%Parents & families 46%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected152
Leadership and management153
All inspections (190)
- Monitoring visit
- Outstanding
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- RI to be good
- Assurance
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
Show all 190 inspections
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Assurance
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Inadequate
- Children's Home run by Lancashire County Council in Lancashire21 Oct 2025 ·Children's Home· Lancashire· very critical tone· Renee Sims, Cathy Wilkins, Sophie ThomsonInadequate
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Children's Home run by Barracare Limited in Lancashire21 Mar 2025 ·Children's Home· Lancashire· very critical tone· Cathy Wilkins, Catherine Fargin, Mathew Morris-Jones +1Inadequate
- Children's home run by Prestige Adolescent Care and Education Limited in Stoke-on-Trent19 Mar 2025 ·Children's home· Stoke-on-Trent· very positive tone· Cathy Wilkins, Mathew Morris-JonesGood
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Inadequate
- Inadequate
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Inadequate
- Assurance
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Monitoring visit
- Children's home run by Halliwell Homes Limited in Staffordshire Moorlands8 Nov 2023 ·Children's home· Staffordshire Moorlands· very positive tone· Cathy Wilkins, Kimmy FeeleyOutstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Assurance
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Children's home run by Halliwell Homes Limited in Staffordshire Moorlands26 Jul 2023 ·Children's home· Staffordshire Moorlands· very critical tone· Cathy Wilkins, Sally MitchellInadequate
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Assurance
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Inadequate
- Monitoring visit
- Inadequate
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Inspection
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Inspection
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Children's Home run by Woodside House Care Ltd in Blackburn with Darwen22 Sept 2021 ·Children's Home· Blackburn with Darwen· very positive tone· Cathy Wilkins, Cheryl FieldOutstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
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