Social Care Inspector
Clare Nixson
Active in published reports from Sept 2021 to Sept 2026.
Inspections
146
As lead
126
86% of visits
Last 12 months
13
Remits
2
Social care 136 · Other 10
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care103 graded by Clare
Clare
National
| Outstanding | 7% | 12% | -5 |
| Good | 65% | 68% | -3 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 19% | 15% | +5 |
| Inadequate | 9% | 6% | +3 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 105 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Clare Nixson's reports read more critical than others with the same grade (warmer than 15% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- −9
- Length
- −10%
- Next steps
- 4.9
- per report
- Hedged
- 4%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Leadership & governance 90%Staff development 88%Progress & outcomes 75%Safeguarding 69%Records & policies 60%Behaviour 47%Parents & families 42%Care & placements 42%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected106
Leadership and management106
All inspections (146)
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Children's Home run by Budwood Limited in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole25 Jun 2026 ·Children's Home· Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole· mostly positive tone· Clare NixsonGood
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- Children's home run by Diverse Abilities Plus Limited in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole22 Dec 2025 ·Children's home· Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole· mixed tone· Clare Nixson, Ashley ArklessMonitoring visit
- Good
- Children's Home run by SureCare Residential Ltd in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole28 Aug 2025 ·Children's Home· Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole· mostly positive tone· Carly Parry, Clare NixsonGood
- RI to be good
- Good
- Royal National College for the Blind6 Mar 2025 ·FE College with Residential Care· Herefordshire· mostly positive tone· Clare Nixson, Emma FryerReport
- Outstanding
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Assurance
- Fosse Way School16 Jan 2025 ·Residential Special School· Bath and North East Somerset· very positive tone· Clare NixsonOutstanding
- Good
- Good
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- Hartpury College28 Nov 2024 ·FE College with Residential Care· Gloucestershire· very positive tone· Clare Nixson, Emma Fryer, Martin BrownReport
- Good
- Report
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- Inadequate
- North Kent College13 Jun 2024 ·FE College with Residential Care· Kent· very positive tone· Jennie Christopher, Clare NixsonReport
- RI to be good
- Report
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education15 Mar 2024 ·Social care· East Devon· mostly positive tone· Clare Nixson, Polly Soper, Sarah SheffieldGood
- Cornwall College7 Mar 2024 ·FE College with Residential Care· Devon· mostly positive tone· Clare Nixson, Martin Brown, Polly Soper +1Report
- Outstanding
- Good
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Children's Home run by Beaufort Care Group Ltd in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole29 Jan 2024 ·Children's Home· Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole· mostly positive tone· Clare NixsonAssurance
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Beechen Cliff School14 Dec 2023 ·Boarding School· Bath and North East Somerset· mostly positive tone· Clare Nixson, Martin DavisGood
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- RI to be good
- Bournemouth & Poole College9 Nov 2023 ·FE College with Residential Care· Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole· very positive tone· Clare NixsonReport
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Children's home run by Diverse Abilities Plus Limited in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole26 Jul 2023 ·Children's home· Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole· positive tone· Sarah Sheffield, Clare NixsonGood
- RI to be good
- Inadequate
- Good
- Inadequate
- RI to be good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Kings Bournemouth11 May 2023 ·Boarding School· Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole· positive tone· Wendy Anderson, Clare NixsonGood
- Inadequate
- Assurance
- Report
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Cotswold Chine School in Gloucestershire15 Mar 2023 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Gloucestershire· very positive tone· Clare Nixson, Kerry FellAssurance
- Children's home run by Cambian Autism Services Limited in Hammersmith and Fulham10 Mar 2023 ·Children's home· Hammersmith and Fulham· mostly positive tone· Clare Nixson, Paula LaheyMonitoring visit
- Children's Home run by Libre Living Limited in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole8 Mar 2023 ·Children's Home· Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole· mostly positive tone· Clare NixsonGood
- Good
- Report
- Assurance
- Monitoring visit
- Appleford School3 Feb 2023 ·Social care· Wiltshire· mostly positive tone· Clare Nixson, Sharron Escott, Wendy AndersonGood
- RI to be good
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Outstanding
- Inadequate
- Good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Cambian Autism Services Limited in Dorset8 Dec 2022 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Dorset· critical tone· Clare Nixson, Paula LaheyMonitoring visit
- Good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Cotswold Chine School in Gloucestershire30 Nov 2022 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Gloucestershire· mixed tone· Wendy Anderson, Clare Nixson, Katie Ratcliffe +1RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Children's Home run by Beaufort Care Group Ltd in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole14 Sept 2022 ·Children's Home· Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole· mostly positive tone· Clare NixsonGood
- Good
- Good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Cambian Autism Services Limited in Dorset17 Aug 2022 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Dorset· mixed tone· Clare Nixson, Kendra BellMonitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Cambian Autism Services Limited in Dorset30 Jun 2022 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Dorset· critical tone· Clare Nixson, Sharron EscottInadequate
- Children's home run by Cambian Autism Services Limited in Hammersmith and Fulham22 Jun 2022 ·Children's home· Hammersmith and Fulham· very critical tone· Clare Nixson, Sharron EscottInadequate
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Inspection
- Inspection
- Inspection
- RI to be good
- Good
- Children's home run by Cambian Autism Services Limited in Hammersmith and Fulham2 Mar 2022 ·Children's home· Hammersmith and Fulham· critical tone· Sharron Escott, Clare Nixson, Wendy AndersonRI to be good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Outstanding
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Children's home run by Diverse Abilities Plus Limited in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole21 Dec 2021 ·Children's home· Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole· mostly positive tone· Clare NixsonGood
- Good
- Inadequate
- Good
- Report
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Outstanding
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