Social Care Inspector
John McDonnell
Active in published reports from Oct 2025 to Aug 2026.
Inspections
29
As lead
23
79% of visits
Last 12 months
29
Remits
1
Social care 29
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care27 graded by John
John
National
| Outstanding | 11% | 12% | -1 |
| Good | 85% | 68% | +17 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 4% | 15% | -11 |
| Inadequate | 0% | 6% | -6 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 27 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
John McDonnell's reports read warmer than others with the same grade (warmer than 90% of inspectors).
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- Tone vs peers
- +7
- Length
- −7%
- Next steps
- 4.2
- per report
- Hedged
- 2%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Leadership & governance 97%Staff development 97%Records & policies 72%Safeguarding 72%Progress & outcomes 66%Wellbeing & mental health 59%Care & placements 52%Behaviour 45%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected27
Leadership and management27
All inspections (29)
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
Show all 29 inspections
- Good
- Good
- Children's Home run by 5ab Care Ltd in North Northamptonshire5 Nov 2025 ·Children's Home· North Northamptonshire· mostly positive tone· Shaun Caplis, John McDonnellGood
- Good
Where they've inspected
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