Social Care Inspector
Emma Dacres
Active in published reports from Apr 2023 to Jul 2026.
Inspections
99
As lead
80
81% of visits
Last 12 months
22
Remits
2
Social care 97 · Other 2
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care86 graded by Emma
Emma
National
| Outstanding | 6% | 12% | -6 |
| Good | 80% | 68% | +12 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 9% | 15% | -5 |
| Inadequate | 5% | 6% | -1 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 86 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Emma Dacres's reports read in line with others with the same grade (warmer than 74% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- +2
- Length
- −17%
- Next steps
- 4.3
- per report
- Hedged
- 3%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Leadership & governance 90%Staff development 88%Safeguarding 75%Care & placements 65%Progress & outcomes 62%Records & policies 53%Wellbeing & mental health 52%Behaviour 52%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected86
Leadership and management86
All inspections (99)
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Star Fostering Ltd12 May 2026 ·Independent Fostering Services· Nottinghamshire· critical tone· Emma Dacres, Laura WalkerReport
- Good
- RI to be good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- County Fostering Service Ltd21 Oct 2025 ·Independent Fostering Services· West Northamptonshire· critical tone· Emma Dacres, Kayleigh SpinksReport
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
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- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by SENAD Limited in Derby7 May 2025 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Derby· critical tone· Simon Hunter, Emma DacresRI to be good
- Acorn Fostering Services Limited11 Apr 2025 ·Independent Fostering Services· Leicester· mostly positive tone· Emma Dacres, Louise CoppingGood
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Jay Fostering7 Feb 2025 ·Independent Fostering Services· Leicestershire· mostly positive tone· Emma Dacres, Kayleigh SpinksGood
- Assurance
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Star Fostering Ltd15 Nov 2024 ·Independent Fostering Services· Nottinghamshire· mostly positive tone· Emma Dacres, Laura WalkerGood
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Fostering Solutions - Oundle9 Aug 2024 ·Independent Fostering Services· North Northamptonshire· positive tone· Laura Walker, Emma DacresGood
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Inadequate
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Inadequate
- Inadequate
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Assurance
- Children's Home run by Homes 2 Inspire Limited in West Northamptonshire19 Jul 2023 ·Children's Home· West Northamptonshire· mostly positive tone· Thirza Smith, Emma DacresGood
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
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