Social Care Inspector
Claire Hobbs
Active in published reports from Feb 2022 to Mar 2026.
Inspections
119
As lead
89
75% of visits
Last 12 months
4
Remits
1
Social care 119
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care92 graded by Claire
Claire
National
| Outstanding | 13% | 12% | +1 |
| Good | 43% | 68% | -24 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 28% | 15% | +14 |
| Inadequate | 15% | 6% | +10 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 92 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Claire Hobbs's reports read in line with others with the same grade (warmer than 40% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- −3
- Length
- +11%
- Next steps
- 5.7
- per report
- Hedged
- 3%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Staff development 93%Leadership & governance 92%Records & policies 82%Behaviour 76%Progress & outcomes 64%Care & placements 61%Safeguarding 57%Teaching & assessment 48%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected92
Leadership and management92
All inspections (119)
- Assurance
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Assurance
- RI to be good
- Inadequate
- Children's Home run by ROC Northwest Limited in Lancashire13 Mar 2025 ·Children's Home· Lancashire· critical tone· Angeline Clarke, Claire Hobbs, Suzanne BirchallInadequate
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- RI to be good
- Children's Home run by Attivo Care Ltd in Halton13 Feb 2025 ·Children's Home· Halton· very critical tone· Nicola Forrester, Claire Hobbs, Hayley SmithRI to be good
- Inadequate
- Inadequate
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Inadequate
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
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- 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
- Inadequate
- Outstanding
- Good
- Inspection
- Monitoring visit
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
Where they've inspected
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