Ofsted Inspector
Darren James
Active in published reports from Oct 2021 to Sept 2023.
Inspections
12
As lead
0
0% of visits
Last 12 months
0
Remits
1
Schools & FE 12
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Schools & FE11 graded by Darren
Darren
National
| Outstanding | 9% | 10% | -1 |
| Good | 73% | 66% | +7 |
| Requires improvement | 18% | 19% | -1 |
| Inadequate | 0% | 5% | -5 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 12 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Darren James's reports read in line with others with the same grade (warmer than 30% of inspectors).
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- Tone vs peers
- −5
- Length
- +19%
- Next steps
- 3.3
- per report
- Hedged
- 8%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Curriculum 100%Teaching & assessment 100%Staff development 100%Leadership & governance 100%Safeguarding 92%Progress & outcomes 92%Maths 50%Behaviour 50%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Behaviour and attitudes12
Leadership and management12
Personal development12
Quality of education12
All inspections (12)
- The Isle of Wight College29 Sept 2023 ·Further education· Isle of Wight· very positive tone· Daniel Beale, Alison Attfield, Ann Potterton +7Good
- SETA21 Jul 2023 ·Independent Learning Provider· Southampton· mostly positive tone· Richard Kirkham, Daniel Beale, Darren James +4Requires improvement
- Building Crafts College26 May 2023 ·Independent Learning Provider· Newham· positive tone· Jon Bowman, Darren James, Shahram Safavi +1Good
- Requires improvement
- City of Bristol College20 Jan 2023 ·Further education· Bristol, City of· mostly positive tone· Steve Battersby, Alison Attfield, Darren James +12Good
- Activate Learning25 Nov 2022 ·Further education· Oxfordshire· very positive tone· Ann Monaghan, Andrew Kaye, Darren James +13Good
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust5 Aug 2022 ·Independent Learning Provider· Oxfordshire· positive tone· Viki Faulkner, Darren James, Gerri Nevin +1Good
- Watertrain Limited15 Jul 2022 ·Independent Learning Provider· Warrington· positive tone· Anita Pyrkotsch-Jones, Alex Lang, Darren James +2Good
- AWE PLC8 Jul 2022 ·Employer Provider· West Berkshire· positive tone· Carolyn Brownsea, Daniel Beale, Darren James +2Good
- Oxford Energy Academy Limited23 Jun 2022 ·Independent Learning Provider· Oxfordshire· mostly positive tone· Emma Leavey, Darren James, Ian GoodwinGood
- Outstanding
- Kingston University15 Oct 2021 ·Higher education institutions· Kingston upon Thames· positive tone· Peter Nelson, Christina Christou, Darren James +3Good
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