Social Care Inspector
Helen Simmons
Active in published reports from Jan 2021 to Jun 2026.
Inspections
79
As lead
49
62% of visits
Last 12 months
3
Remits
2
Social care 72 · Other 7
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care31 graded by Helen
Helen
National
| Outstanding | 16% | 12% | +4 |
| Good | 65% | 68% | -3 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 16% | 15% | +1 |
| Inadequate | 3% | 6% | -2 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 47 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Helen Simmons's reports read in line with others with the same grade (warmer than 25% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- −6
- Length
- +11%
- Next steps
- 4.6
- per report
- Hedged
- 4%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Leadership & governance 78%Staff development 75%Progress & outcomes 70%Records & policies 58%Teaching & assessment 56%Safeguarding 54%Behaviour 44%Health & safety 39%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected47
Leadership and management47
All inspections (79)
- Oasis Restore Trust4 Jun 2026 ·Children's Home, Secure Unit· Medway· mostly positive tone· Tash Williams, Helen SimmonsMonitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Assurance
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by The Children’s Trust in Surrey21 Sept 2023 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Surrey· mostly positive tone· Lee Kirwin, Helen Simmons, Mark DawkinsGood
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Vinney Green Secure Unit10 Jan 2023 ·Children's home· South Gloucestershire· mostly positive tone· Helen Simmons, Paul TaylorAssurance
- Report
- RI to be good
- Good
- Report
- Outstanding
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- Kyloe House3 Nov 2022 ·Children's Home, Secure Unit· Northumberland· very positive tone· Cath Sikakana, Anita Pyrkotsch-Jones, Debbie Foster +1Report
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Mayne Enterprises Limited in East Sussex19 Oct 2022 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· East Sussex· mixed tone· Helen Simmons, Mike SimmondsGood
- Marydale Lodge13 Oct 2022 ·Children's Home, Secure Unit· St Helens· positive tone· Paul Taylor, Anita Pyrkotsch-Jones, Helen Simmons +2Report
- Good
- Outstanding
- Assurance
- Clare Lodge15 Sept 2022 ·Children's home· Peterborough· critical tone· Paul Scott, Helen Simmons, James Tallis +1Report
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
Show all 79 inspections
- Vinney Green Secure Unit4 Aug 2022 ·Children's home· South Gloucestershire· mostly positive tone· Helen Simmons, James TallisReport
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Good
- Vinney Green Secure Unit22 Apr 2022 ·Children's home· South Gloucestershire· mixed tone· Paul Taylor, Helen Simmons, Judy Lye-ForsterReport
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Inspection
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Mayne Enterprises Limited in East Sussex13 Jan 2022 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· East Sussex· mostly positive tone· Helen SimmonsGood
- Inspection
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Outstanding
- Good
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Children's home run by Southern Adolescent Care Services Ltd in Crawley3 Aug 2021 ·Children's home· Crawley· very critical tone· Paul Thomas, Helen Simmons, Stephen CollettInadequate
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Inadequate
- Outstanding
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
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