Social Care Inspector
Judith Birchall
Active in published reports from Nov 2020 to Jul 2026.
Inspections
249
As lead
180
72% of visits
Last 12 months
34
Remits
1
Social care 249
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care165 graded by Judith
Judith
National
| Outstanding | 13% | 12% | +1 |
| Good | 59% | 68% | -9 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 18% | 15% | +3 |
| Inadequate | 10% | 6% | +5 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 185 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Judith Birchall's reports read in line with others with the same grade (warmer than 85% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- +5
- Length
- +3%
- Next steps
- 5.0
- per report
- Hedged
- 3%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Leadership & governance 87%Staff development 85%Records & policies 78%Safeguarding 70%Progress & outcomes 59%Health & safety 54%Care & placements 53%Behaviour 47%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected185
Leadership and management185
All inspections (249)
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Inadequate
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- Good
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Assurance
- Monitoring visit
Show all 249 inspections
- Outstanding
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Inadequate
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- The Newman Holiday Trust31 Jul 2025 ·Residential holiday scheme for disabled children· Lancashire· very positive tone· Judith Birchall, Kerri LynchOutstanding
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Outstanding
- Greenbank Residential School13 Feb 2025 ·Social care· Cheshire West and Chester· very positive tone· Cheryl Field, Judith BirchallOutstanding
- Outstanding
- Good
- Outstanding
- Inadequate
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Cambian Whinfell School Limited in Westmorland and Furness12 Dec 2024 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Westmorland and Furness· very positive tone· Judith Birchall, Suzanne BirchallOutstanding
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Inadequate
- Children's Home run by Pinnacle Care Provisions Ltd in Lancashire25 Oct 2024 ·Children's Home· Lancashire· very critical tone· Nicola Rutherford, Judith Birchall, Sally GriffithsInadequate
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Inadequate
- Inadequate
- The Newman Holiday Trust22 Aug 2024 ·Residential holiday scheme for disabled children· Lancashire· very positive tone· Judith BirchallOutstanding
- Monitoring visit
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- Children's home run by Cambian Childcare Limited in Hammersmith and Fulham31 Jul 2024 ·Children's home· Hammersmith and Fulham· critical tone· Judith Birchall, Nicola RutherfordMonitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Inadequate
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Inadequate
- Good
- Children's Home run by A Wilderness Way Limited in Westmorland and Furness17 Apr 2024 ·Children's Home· Westmorland and Furness· very critical tone· Judith Birchall, Nichola CroftInadequate
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Monitoring visit
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Cambian Whinfell School Limited in Westmorland and Furness16 Nov 2023 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Westmorland and Furness· mixed tone· Judith Birchall, Alexandra PearsonGood
- Good
- Abbey School for Exceptional Children13 Oct 2023 ·Residential Special School· Cheshire West and Chester· positive tone· Gemma McDonnell, Judith BirchallGood
- Rawdhatul Ilm Wal Huda28 Sept 2023 ·Boarding School· Blackburn with Darwen· positive tone· Cheryl Field, Judith Birchall, Katie TomlinsonGood
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- The Newman Holiday Trust25 Aug 2023 ·Residential holiday scheme for disabled children· Lancashire· very positive tone· Judith Birchall, Jennifer QuestOutstanding
- Outstanding
- Inadequate
- Children's home run by Progress Care and Education Limited in Hammersmith and Fulham27 Jul 2023 ·Children's home· Hammersmith and Fulham· very positive tone· Judith Birchall, Alexandra PearsonGood
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Good
- Outstanding
- Monitoring visit
- Abbey School for Exceptional Children8 Mar 2023 ·Residential Special School· Cheshire West and Chester· positive tone· Pam Nuckley, Judith BirchallRI to be good
- RI to be good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Assurance
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- Children's Home run by A Wilderness Way Limited in Westmorland and Furness3 Feb 2023 ·Children's Home· Westmorland and Furness· very positive tone· Judith Birchall, Nichola CroftGood
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Hebden Green Special School19 Jan 2023 ·Social care· Cheshire West and Chester· very positive tone· Pam Nuckley, Judith BirchallOutstanding
- Good
- Assurance
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Children's home run by Seashell Trust16 Nov 2022 ·Children's home· mostly positive tone· Suzanne Birchall, Judith Birchall, Mark WoodbridgeGood
- Assurance
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Cambian Whinfell School Limited in Westmorland and Furness2 Nov 2022 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Westmorland and Furness· mostly positive tone· Judith Birchall, Suzanne BirchallGood
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Archers Brook SEMH Residential School19 Oct 2022 ·Residential Special School· Cheshire West and Chester· very positive tone· Judith BirchallGood
- Good
- Inadequate
- Children's Home run by Bear Care Services Limited in Lancashire21 Sept 2022 ·Children's Home· Lancashire· very critical tone· Judith Birchall, Kelly McCurdy, Mandy WilliamsInadequate
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Inspection
- Inspection
- Good
- Good
- Inspection
- Inspection
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Children's Home run by Nugent Care 2019 in Sefton19 Jan 2022 ·Children's Home· Sefton· very critical tone· Nick Veysey, Emma Thornton, Judith BirchallInadequate
- Inadequate
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Inadequate
- Monitoring visit
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- Children's home run by Care Assist Children’s Services Limited in West Lancashire25 Aug 2021 ·Children's home· West Lancashire· very critical tone· Marie Cordingley, Judith BirchallInadequate
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Inadequate
- Children's home run by Cambian Childcare Limited in Hammersmith and Fulham28 May 2021 ·Children's home· Hammersmith and Fulham· very critical tone· Maria McGranaghan, Judith BirchallInadequate
- RI to be good
- Inadequate
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Children's home run by Cambian Childcare Limited in Hammersmith and Fulham25 Feb 2021 ·Children's home· Hammersmith and Fulham· critical tone· Catherine Fargin, Judith BirchallMonitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- Assurance
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