Ofsted Inspector
Debra Murphy
Active in published reports from Nov 2022 to Apr 2025.
Inspections
16
As lead
10
63% of visits
Last 12 months
0
Remits
1
Schools & FE 16
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Schools & FE9 graded by Debra
Debra
National
| Outstanding | 0% | 10% | -10 |
| Good | 78% | 66% | +12 |
| Requires improvement | 11% | 19% | -8 |
| Inadequate | 11% | 5% | +6 |
Small sample: fewer than 10 graded inspections, so differences mean little.
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 9 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Debra Murphy's reports read warmer than others with the same grade (warmer than 90% of inspectors).
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- Tone vs peers
- +7
- Length
- −2%
- Next steps
- 3.3
- per report
- Hedged
- 9%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Curriculum 100%Reading & phonics 100%Leadership & governance 88%Teaching & assessment 81%Behaviour 75%SEND & inclusion 63%Parents & families 50%Maths 44%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Behaviour and attitudes11
Early years11
Leadership and management11
Personal development11
Quality of education11
All inspections (16)
- Ungraded inspection
- Ungraded inspection
- North Fawdon Primary School13 Nov 2024 ·Academy converter· Newcastle upon Tyne· very positive tone· Debra Murphy, Nichola IrvingGood
- Good
- Inspection
- Inspection
- Good
- Inspection
- Good
- Monkhouse Primary School13 Sept 2023 ·Foundation school· North Tyneside· mostly positive tone· Debra Murphy, Scott Grason-TaylorGood
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- Horbury Primary Academy14 Dec 2022 ·Academy converter· Wakefield· positive tone· Debra Murphy, Marian Thomas, Zoe LightfootGood
- Requires improvement
- Good
Where they've inspected
Often inspects with
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