Social Care Inspector
James Meeks
Active in published reports from Oct 2023 to May 2026.
Inspections
106
As lead
90
85% of visits
Last 12 months
20
Remits
1
Social care 106
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care84 graded by James
James
National
| Outstanding | 13% | 12% | +1 |
| Good | 67% | 68% | -1 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 13% | 15% | -2 |
| Inadequate | 7% | 6% | +1 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 84 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
James Meeks's reports read in line with others with the same grade (warmer than 26% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- −6
- Length
- −2%
- Next steps
- 5.6
- per report
- Hedged
- 3%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Leadership & governance 89%Staff development 88%Records & policies 77%Behaviour 69%Progress & outcomes 68%Care & placements 67%Safeguarding 58%Parents & families 39%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected84
Leadership and management84
All inspections (106)
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Children's home run by Witherslack Group Limited in Westmorland and Furness4 Mar 2026 ·Children's home· Westmorland and Furness· very positive tone· James Meeks, Karen AndrewsOutstanding
- Assurance
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
Show all 106 inspections
- Good
- Assurance
- Inadequate
- Good
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- Inadequate
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- 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
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Kedleston (Wings Education) Limited in Westmorland and Furness28 Jun 2024 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Westmorland and Furness· mixed tone· James Meeks, Sally GriffithsMonitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Kedleston (Wings Education) Limited in Westmorland and Furness10 Jun 2024 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Westmorland and Furness· critical tone· Sally Griffiths, Donna Ryan, James MeeksMonitoring visit
- Good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Kedleston (Wings Education) Limited in Westmorland and Furness31 May 2024 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Westmorland and Furness· critical tone· Sally Griffiths, Donna Ryan, James MeeksInadequate
- Good
- Good
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Children's Home run by Cheshire West and Chester Council in Cheshire West and Chester6 Dec 2023 ·Children's Home· Cheshire West and Chester· very positive tone· Julie Elder, James MeeksGood
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
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