Social Care Inspector
Gary Turney
Active in published reports from Nov 2021 to Dec 2025.
Inspections
103
As lead
78
76% of visits
Last 12 months
6
Remits
2
Social care 88 · Other 15
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care66 graded by Gary
Gary
National
| Outstanding | 14% | 12% | +2 |
| Good | 67% | 68% | -1 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 18% | 15% | +3 |
| Inadequate | 2% | 6% | -4 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 66 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Gary Turney's reports read warmer than others with the same grade (warmer than 96% of inspectors).
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- Tone vs peers
- +23
- Length
- −16%
- Next steps
- 2.1
- per report
- Hedged
- 2%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Leadership & governance 81%Progress & outcomes 81%Staff development 68%Care & placements 51%Wellbeing & mental health 50%Behaviour 48%Parents & families 46%Records & policies 43%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected66
Leadership and management66
All inspections (103)
- Assurance
- Good
- Barton Moss Secure Care Centre13 Nov 2025 ·Children's Home, Secure Unit· Salford· very positive tone· Gemma McDonnell, Gary Turney, Jo Birtwhistle +1Report
- Outstanding
- Assurance
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Lincolnshire Secure Unit25 Sept 2025 ·Children's Home, Secure Unit· Lincolnshire· very positive tone· Cath Sikakana, Gary Turney, Hayley Lomas +2Report
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Assurance
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- RI to be good
- Aycliffe Secure Services30 Jan 2025 ·Children's home· County Durham· positive tone· Gary Turney, Cath Sikakana, Gemma McDonnell +2Report
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Cotswold Chine School in Gloucestershire23 Jan 2025 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Gloucestershire· mostly positive tone· Janet Jauregui, Gary Turney, Martin BrownGood
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Barton Moss Secure Care Centre12 Dec 2024 ·Children's Home, Secure Unit· Salford· positive tone· Gemma McDonnell, Carolyne Brownsea, Gary Turney +1Report
- RI to be good
- Atkinson Unit28 Nov 2024 ·Children's Home, Secure Unit· Devon· positive tone· Gary Turney, Saul Pope, Thirza SmithReport
- Clare Lodge12 Nov 2024 ·Children's home· Peterborough· mostly positive tone· Shaun Common, Gary Turney, Joanne Birtwhistle +1Assurance
- Report
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Clayfields House Secure Unit12 Sept 2024 ·Children's home· Broxtowe· positive tone· Debbie Foster, Carolyn Brownsea, Gary Turney +2Report
- Good
- RI to be good
- Marydale Lodge1 Aug 2024 ·Children's Home, Secure Unit· St Helens· positive tone· Thirza Smith, Gary Turney, Tash WilliamsAssurance
- Vinney Green Secure Unit18 Jul 2024 ·Children's home· South Gloucestershire· mostly positive tone· Thirza Smith, Gary Turney, Saul Pope +1Report
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Lincolnshire Secure Unit8 May 2024 ·Children's Home, Secure Unit· Lincolnshire· mostly positive tone· Cath Sikakana, Gary TurneyAssurance
- Swanwick Lodge2 May 2024 ·Children's Home, Secure Unit· Hampshire· very positive tone· Gary Turney, Gemma McDonnell, Martin WardReport
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Marydale Lodge14 Mar 2024 ·Children's Home, Secure Unit· St Helens· very positive tone· Shaun Common, Gary Turney, Saul Pope +1Report
- Assurance
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Clayfields House Secure Unit25 Jan 2024 ·Children's home· Broxtowe· positive tone· Debbie Foster, Gary Turney, Gemma McDonnell +1Report
- Assurance
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Lincolnshire Secure Unit14 Dec 2023 ·Children's Home, Secure Unit· Lincolnshire· positive tone· Debbie Foster, Gary Turney, Martin Ward +1Report
- Assurance
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Report
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Atkinson Unit14 Sept 2023 ·Children's Home, Secure Unit· Devon· very positive tone· Cathey Moriarty, Gary Turney, Saul Pope +1Report
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Assurance
- Good
- Outstanding
- Assurance
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Inadequate
- Lincolnshire Secure Unit18 Nov 2021 ·Children's Home, Secure Unit· Lincolnshire· mostly positive tone· Cathey Moriarty, Barnaby Dowell, Gary Turney +2Report
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