Social Care Inspector
David Kidner
Active in published reports from Nov 2010 to Mar 2023.
Inspections
167
As lead
146
87% of visits
Last 12 months
0
Remits
2
Other 32 · Social care 135
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care6 graded by David
David
National
| Outstanding | 0% | 12% | -12 |
| Good | 83% | 68% | +15 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 17% | 15% | +2 |
| Inadequate | 0% | 6% | -6 |
Small sample: fewer than 10 graded inspections, so differences mean little.
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 80 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
David Kidner's reports read warmer than others with the same grade (warmer than 92% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- +11
- Length
- −9%
- Next steps
- 4.7
- per report
- Hedged
- 3%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Leadership & governance 85%Records & policies 73%Staff development 72%Care & placements 72%Safeguarding 61%Teaching & assessment 53%Behaviour 51%Health & safety 47%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected80
Leadership and management67
All inspections (167)
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- Beechen Cliff School12 Mar 2020 ·Boarding School· Bath and North East Somerset· positive tone· Tracey Ledder, David KidnerGood
- Good
- Good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by The Sheiling Special Education Trust in Dorset25 Feb 2020 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Dorset· mostly positive tone· David Kidner, Wendy AndersonAssurance
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- Good
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- Good
- Children's home run by Cambian Autism Services Limited in Hammersmith and Fulham4 Dec 2019 ·Children's home· Hammersmith and Fulham· mostly positive tone· Wendy Anderson, Carys Flain, David KidnerAssurance
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Children's home run by Diverse Abilities Plus Limited in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole13 Aug 2019 ·Children's home· Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole· mostly positive tone· David KidnerAssurance
- Good
- Action Breaks2 Aug 2019 ·Residential holiday scheme for disabled children· Somerset· positive tone· Anna Gravelle, David KidnerGood
- RI to be good
- Good
- Assurance
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
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- Report
- Inspection
- Good
- RI to be good
- Fosse Way School23 Jan 2019 ·Residential Special School· Bath and North East Somerset· very positive tone· David KidnerOutstanding
- The Springfields Academy16 Jan 2019 ·Residential Special School· Wiltshire· mostly positive tone· Nicola Lownds, David KidnerGood
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- Cornwall College5 Dec 2018 ·FE College with Residential Care· Devon· very positive tone· Wendy Anderson, David KidnerReport
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Action Breaks31 Oct 2018 ·Residential holiday scheme for disabled children· Somerset· positive tone· David KidnerGood
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Action Breaks31 Aug 2018 ·Residential holiday scheme for disabled children· Somerset· positive tone· David KidnerGood
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
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- National Deaf Children's Society22 Feb 2018 ·Residential holiday scheme for disabled children· Islington· positive tone· David KidnerGood
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- Oaklands Park School1 Feb 2018 ·Foundation special school· Devon· mostly positive tone· Tonwen Empson, David Kidner, Janice Hawtin +1Report
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
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- Good
- Good
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- Good
- Good
- Good
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- Action Breaks31 Aug 2017 ·Residential holiday scheme for disabled children· Somerset· positive tone· Guy Mammatt, David KidnerGood
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Shapwick School8 Jun 2017 ·Other independent special school· Somerset· mostly positive tone· Catherine Leahy, David Kidner, Paul Winterton +1Report
- Inadequate
- Ashwicke Hall School5 May 2017 ·Other independent school· South Gloucestershire· mixed tone· Flora Bean, David Kidner, Martin Bragg +1Report
- Ashwicke Hall School5 May 2017 ·Other independent school· South Gloucestershire· mixed tone· Flora Bean, David Kidner, Martin Bragg +1Report
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- Sedgemoor Manor School19 Jan 2017 ·Other independent special school· Somerset· critical tone· Steffi Penny, David Kidner, Wendy AndersonReport
- Sedgemoor Manor School19 Jan 2017 ·Other independent special school· Somerset· critical tone· Steffi Penny, David Kidner, Wendy AndersonReport
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- Good
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- Good
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- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Cotswold Chine School in Gloucestershire18 Oct 2016 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Gloucestershire· mixed tone· Nicola Lownds, David Kidner, Lucy MartinRI to be good
- Good
- Interim
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
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- Good
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- RI to be good
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- Good
- Inadequate
- Report
- RI to be good
- Good
- Inadequate
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- Action Breaks23 Oct 2015 ·Residential holiday scheme for disabled children· Somerset· positive tone· David KidnerReport
- Report
- National Deaf Children's Society18 Aug 2015 ·Residential holiday scheme for disabled children· Islington· positive tone· David KidnerReport
- Good
- Good
- The Springfields Academy16 Mar 2015 ·Academy special converter· Wiltshire· mostly positive tone· David Kidner, Sharron EscottReport
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