Social Care Inspector
Cheryl Field
Active in published reports from May 2016 to Sept 2026.
Inspections
240
As lead
205
85% of visits
Last 12 months
30
Remits
2
Social care 232 · Other 8
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care119 graded by Cheryl
Cheryl
National
| Outstanding | 8% | 12% | -3 |
| Good | 71% | 68% | +3 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 12% | 15% | -3 |
| Inadequate | 8% | 6% | +3 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 143 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Cheryl Field's reports read more critical than others with the same grade (warmer than 22% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- −7
- Length
- +14%
- Next steps
- 5.8
- per report
- Hedged
- 4%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Leadership & governance 81%Staff development 78%Safeguarding 70%Records & policies 64%Care & placements 58%Progress & outcomes 56%Behaviour 55%Parents & families 54%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected125
Leadership and management151
All inspections (240)
- Dumbell House3 Sept 2026 ·Residential Family Centre· Salford· mostly positive tone· Cheryl Field, Sarah HuntbatchGood
- Good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Children's Home run by Reflexion Care Group Limited in Westmorland and Furness24 Jun 2026 ·Children's Home· Westmorland and Furness· mostly positive tone· Karen Andrews, Cheryl FieldMonitoring visit
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Dallam School21 May 2026 ·Boarding School· Westmorland and Furness· positive tone· Cheryl Field, Katie Tomlinson, Simon JonesGood
- Children's Home run by Appletree Treatment Centre Limited in Westmorland and Furness14 May 2026 ·Children's Home· Westmorland and Furness· very critical tone· Cheryl Field, Laura RobertsInadequate
- Good
- Inadequate
- Report
- Good
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
Show all 240 inspections
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Children's Home run by Appletree Treatment Centre Limited in Westmorland and Furness14 Aug 2025 ·Children's Home· Westmorland and Furness· mixed tone· Sue Atkinson-Millmoor, Cheryl FieldGood
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- RI to be good
- Reaseheath FE College10 Jun 2025 ·FE College with Residential Care· Cheshire East· mixed tone· Katie Tomlinson, Cheryl Field, Denise JollyReport
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- RI to be good
- Inadequate
- Inadequate
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Assurance
- Greenbank Residential School13 Feb 2025 ·Social care· Cheshire West and Chester· very positive tone· Cheryl Field, Judith BirchallOutstanding
- Monitoring visit
- Reaseheath FE College6 Feb 2025 ·FE College with Residential Care· Cheshire East· mixed tone· Katie Tomlinson, Cheryl Field, Denise JollyReport
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Myerscough College20 Nov 2024 ·FE College with Residential Care· Lancashire· positive tone· Cheryl Field, Denise Jolly, Katie TomlinsonReport
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Jamiatul-Ilm Wal-Huda UK School23 Jul 2024 ·Other independent school· Blackburn with Darwen· mixed tone· Dave Carrigan, Cheryl FieldReport
- Archers Brook SEMH Residential School18 Jul 2024 ·Residential Special School· Cheshire West and Chester· very positive tone· Cheryl Field, Katie TomlinsonGood
- Good
- Family Ace Limited20 Jun 2024 ·Residential Family Centre· Liverpool· mostly positive tone· Sarah Huntbatch, Cheryl FieldGood
- Good
- RI to be good
- Jamea Al Kauthar2 May 2024 ·Boarding School· Lancashire· positive tone· Cheryl Field, Katie Tomlinson, Kelly McCurdyGood
- RI to be good
- Assurance
- Good
- Outstanding
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Assurance
- Cloughwood Academy15 Feb 2024 ·Residential Special School· Cheshire West and Chester· very positive tone· Cheryl Field, Aislinn CooperOutstanding
- Assurance
- Good
- Oak House New Spring Residential Centre24 Jan 2024 ·Residential Family Centre· Lancashire· mostly positive tone· Cheryl Field, Charlie BamberGood
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- New Spring Family Care Limited12 Dec 2023 ·Residential Family Centre· Blackpool· mostly positive tone· Cheryl Field, Charlie BamberGood
- Monitoring visit
- Outstanding
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Archers Brook SEMH Residential School26 Oct 2023 ·Residential Special School· Cheshire West and Chester· very positive tone· Cheryl Field, Katie TomlinsonGood
- Oak House New Spring Residential Centre11 Oct 2023 ·Residential Family Centre· Lancashire· very critical tone· Cheryl Field, Charlie BamberInadequate
- Rawdhatul Ilm Wal Huda28 Sept 2023 ·Boarding School· Blackburn with Darwen· positive tone· Cheryl Field, Judith Birchall, Katie TomlinsonGood
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Inadequate
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Cloughwood Academy16 Feb 2023 ·Residential Special School· Cheshire West and Chester· very positive tone· Dave Carrigan, Cheryl FieldOutstanding
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Family Assessment Centre25 Jan 2023 ·Residential Family Centre· Trafford· mostly positive tone· Cheryl Field, Charlie BamberMonitoring visit
- Assurance
- Inadequate
- Good
- RI to be good
- Assurance
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Children's home run by Halliwell Homes Limited in Staffordshire Moorlands13 Sept 2022 ·Children's home· Staffordshire Moorlands· mixed tone· Cheryl Field, Genevieve O’ReillyMonitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Inadequate
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Children's home run by Witherslack Group Limited in Westmorland and Furness27 Jul 2022 ·Children's home· Westmorland and Furness· mostly positive tone· Cheryl Field, Kathryn GrindrodGood
- Good
- Report
- Children's home run by Halliwell Homes Limited in Staffordshire Moorlands22 Jun 2022 ·Children's home· Staffordshire Moorlands· critical tone· Genevieve O’Reilly, Cheryl FieldInadequate
- Good
- Good
- Children's home run by Halliwell Homes Limited in Staffordshire Moorlands25 May 2022 ·Children's home· Staffordshire Moorlands· mostly positive tone· Cheryl Field, Claire HobbsGood
- RI to be good
- Report
- Good
- RI to be good
- Inspection
- Children's home run by Witherslack Group Limited in Westmorland and Furness23 Mar 2022 ·Children's home· Westmorland and Furness· mostly positive tone· Cheryl Field, Dawn PartonGood
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Jamea Al Kauthar10 Feb 2022 ·Boarding School· Lancashire· very positive tone· Denise Jolly, Cheryl Field, Louise RedfernGood
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Kedleston (High Peak School) Limited in Cheshire East4 Feb 2022 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Cheshire East· mixed tone· Cheryl Field, Natalie BennettGood
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Kedleston (Wings Education) Limited in Westmorland and Furness18 Nov 2021 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Westmorland and Furness· positive tone· Gillian Walters, Cheryl FieldGood
- Outstanding
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Cambian Whinfell School Limited in Westmorland and Furness4 Nov 2021 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Westmorland and Furness· mostly positive tone· Charlie Bamber, Cheryl FieldGood
- Good
- Good
- Report
- 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
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Children's home run by Halliwell Homes Limited in Staffordshire Moorlands14 Apr 2021 ·Children's home· Staffordshire Moorlands· mostly positive tone· Cheryl Field, Charlie BamberRI to be good
- 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 Cambian Whinfell School Limited in Westmorland and Furness27 Jan 2021 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Westmorland and Furness· critical tone· Charlie Bamber, Cheryl FieldMonitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Children's home run by Halliwell Homes Limited in Staffordshire Moorlands10 Dec 2020 ·Children's home· Staffordshire Moorlands· mostly positive tone· Cheryl Field, Michael CharnleyMonitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Children's home run by Halliwell Homes Limited in Staffordshire Moorlands13 Nov 2020 ·Children's home· Staffordshire Moorlands· mostly positive tone· Cheryl Field, Charlie BamberMonitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Inspection
- Inspection
- Assurance
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Children's Home run by Radical Services Limited in Westmorland and Furness28 Nov 2019 ·Children's Home· Westmorland and Furness· very positive tone· Charlie Bamber, Cheryl FieldOutstanding
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Inadequate
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Assurance
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