Social Care Inspector
Debbie Dawson
Active in published reports from May 2024 to Feb 2026.
Inspections
57
As lead
40
70% of visits
Last 12 months
4
Remits
2
Social care 56 · Other 1
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care54 graded by Debbie
Debbie
National
| Outstanding | 26% | 12% | +14 |
| Good | 59% | 68% | -9 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 9% | 15% | -5 |
| Inadequate | 6% | 6% | 0 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 54 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Debbie Dawson's reports read in line with others with the same grade (warmer than 82% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- +4
- Length
- −9%
- Next steps
- 4.1
- per report
- Hedged
- 2%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Leadership & governance 89%Progress & outcomes 84%Staff development 82%Behaviour 81%Care & placements 67%Records & policies 60%Curriculum 44%Safeguarding 40%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected54
Leadership and management53
All inspections (57)
- Good
- Outstanding
- Children's home run by Witherslack Group Limited in Westmorland and Furness14 Jan 2026 ·Children's home· Westmorland and Furness· very positive tone· Stacey Ilaboya, Debbie DawsonOutstanding
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Inadequate
- Good
- Outstanding
- Inadequate
- RI to be good
- Jamiatul-Ilm Wal-Huda UK School8 Jul 2025 ·Other independent school· Blackburn with Darwen· mostly positive tone· Dave Carrigan, Debbie DawsonReport
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Good
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- Outstanding
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- Outstanding
- Assurance
- Good
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- Outstanding
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- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Children's home run by Witherslack Group Limited in Westmorland and Furness19 Sept 2024 ·Children's home· Westmorland and Furness· positive tone· Stacey Ilaboya, Debbie DawsonGood
- Good
- Children's home run by Witherslack Group Limited in Westmorland and Furness4 Sept 2024 ·Children's home· Westmorland and Furness· mostly positive tone· Debbie Dawson, James MeeksGood
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Good
- RI to be good
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
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