Additional Inspector
Dawn Foster
Active in published reports from Mar 2015 to Sept 2025.
Inspections
53
As lead
0
0% of visits
Last 12 months
0
Remits
1
Schools & FE 53
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Schools & FE15 graded by Dawn
Dawn
National
| Outstanding | 7% | 10% | -4 |
| Good | 73% | 66% | +8 |
| Requires improvement | 13% | 19% | -6 |
| Inadequate | 7% | 5% | +2 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 41 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Dawn Foster's reports read more critical than others with the same grade (warmer than 10% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- −11
- Length
- +6%
- Next steps
- 3.5
- per report
- Hedged
- 8%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Curriculum 100%Leadership & governance 98%Reading & phonics 96%Teaching & assessment 94%Behaviour 81%Progress & outcomes 57%Parents & families 55%Maths 51%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
16 to 19 study programmes1
Behaviour and attitudes23
Early years43
Leadership and management46
Outcomes21
Personal development23
Personal development, behaviour and welfare21
Quality of education23
Teaching, learning and assessment21
All inspections (53)
- Hilton Primary Academy17 Sept 2025 ·Academy sponsor led· Newcastle upon Tyne· very positive tone· Tim Johnson, Dawn Foster, Lynn GeorgeOutstanding
- Ungraded inspection
- Good
- Ungraded inspection
- Ungraded inspection
- Jarrow Cross CofE Primary School2 Oct 2024 ·Voluntary controlled school· South Tyneside· positive tone· Susan Waugh, Dawn Foster, Olie FlitcroftGood
- Kings Priory School27 Jun 2024 ·Academy sponsor led· North Tyneside· positive tone· Dan McKeating, Dawn Foster, John DownsInspection
- Linthorpe Community Primary School13 Mar 2024 ·Academy converter· Middlesbrough· very positive tone· Lisa Ponter, Dawn Foster, Lesley Sullivan +1Outstanding
- Inspection
- Requires improvement
- Ayresome Primary School18 May 2023 ·Academy sponsor led· Middlesbrough· positive tone· Kate Morris, Alison Cottrell, Dawn Foster +1Good
- Askrigg Voluntary Controlled Primary School20 Apr 2023 ·Voluntary controlled school· North Yorkshire· mostly positive tone· Mary Cook, Dawn Foster, Jenny ThomasGood
- Bainbridge Church of England Primary and Nursery School20 Apr 2023 ·Voluntary controlled school· North Yorkshire· mostly positive tone· Mary Cook, Dawn Foster, Jenny ThomasGood
- West Burton Church of England Primary School20 Apr 2023 ·Voluntary controlled school· North Yorkshire· mostly positive tone· Mary Cook, Dawn Foster, Jenny ThomasGood
- West View Primary School9 Mar 2023 ·Academy converter· Hartlepool· mostly positive tone· Phil Scott, Chris Baines, Dawn FosterGood
- Good
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- Co-op Academy Nightingale29 Jun 2022 ·Academy sponsor led· Leeds· positive tone· Alison Stephenson, Dawn Foster, Janet MaddenGood
- Good
- Requires improvement
- Good
- Hugh Gaitskell Primary School20 Oct 2021 ·Foundation school· Leeds· positive tone· Tim Scargill-Knight, Andrea Batley, Dawn Foster +2Good
- Backworth Park Primary School14 Oct 2021 ·Community school· North Tyneside· positive tone· Janice Gorlach, Dawn Foster, Deborah AshcroftGood
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- Requires improvement
- Middlestone Moor Primary School16 Jan 2020 ·Community school· County Durham· very positive tone· Geoffrey Seagrove, Dawn Foster, Gillian NimerGood
- Inspection
- Inspection
- Requires improvement
- Good
- Good
- Amberley Primary School7 Feb 2019 ·Foundation school· North Tyneside· very positive tone· Michael Reeves, Dawn Foster, Deborah AshcroftGood
- St Aloysius RC Voluntary Aided Infant School23 Jan 2019 ·Voluntary aided school· South Tyneside· very positive tone· Malcolm Kirtley, Dawn FosterOutstanding
- Stephenson Memorial Primary School21 Nov 2018 ·Foundation school· North Tyneside· positive tone· Chris Smith, Dawn Foster, Tracey RalphGood
- Outstanding
- Toner Avenue Primary School31 Oct 2018 ·Community school· South Tyneside· mostly positive tone· Lee Elliott, Dawn Foster, John YoungRequires improvement
- Thorntree Primary School10 May 2018 ·Foundation school· Middlesbrough· mostly positive tone· Anne Humble, Cathy Lee, Dawn FosterRequires improvement
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Sugar Hill Primary School13 Sept 2017 ·Community school· County Durham· positive tone· Margaret Farrow, Dawn Foster, Deborah Ashcroft +2Outstanding
- Bede Academy9 Jun 2017 ·Academy sponsor led· Northumberland· positive tone· Michael Reeves, Anne Humble, Darren Stewart +5Good
- St Cuthbert's RC Primary School27 Apr 2017 ·Voluntary aided school· Hartlepool· very positive tone· Cathy Morgan, Dawn Foster, Mark DentGood
- Requires improvement
- Richmond Methodist Primary School1 Mar 2017 ·Voluntary controlled school· North Yorkshire· positive tone· Chris Smith, Ann Muxworthy, Cathy Lee +1Good
- Easterside Academy8 Feb 2017 ·Academy converter· Middlesbrough· very positive tone· Malcolm Kirtley, Alison Aitchison, Andy Jones +1Good
- Ponteland Primary School2 Feb 2017 ·Community school· Northumberland· very positive tone· Joan Hewitt, Dawn Foster, Ian Dawson +1Good
- Westerhope Primary School28 Sept 2016 ·Foundation school· Newcastle upon Tyne· mixed tone· Fiona Manuel, Andy Jones, Dawn Foster +2Requires improvement
- Normanton Altofts Junior School9 Jun 2016 ·Community school· Wakefield· very positive tone· Robert Jones, Dawn Foster, Nicola ShipmanGood
- Corporation Road Community Primary School3 Feb 2016 ·Community school· Darlington· critical tone· Belita Scott, Dawn Foster, Lucie Stephenson +1Inadequate
- Dormanstown Primary Academy2 Jul 2015 ·Academy sponsor led· Redcar and Cleveland· very positive tone· John Paddick, Dawn Foster, Patrick HargreavesGood
- Good
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