Social Care Inspector
Karen Andrews
Active in published reports from Oct 2025 to Sept 2026.
Inspections
35
As lead
23
66% of visits
Last 12 months
35
Remits
1
Social care 35
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care30 graded by Karen
Karen
National
| Outstanding | 10% | 12% | -2 |
| Good | 70% | 68% | +2 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 10% | 15% | -5 |
| Inadequate | 10% | 6% | +4 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 29 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Karen Andrews's reports read in line with others with the same grade (warmer than 74% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- +2
- Length
- −12%
- Next steps
- 4.2
- per report
- Hedged
- 2%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Leadership & governance 89%Staff development 89%Records & policies 74%Safeguarding 71%Care & placements 69%Teaching & assessment 66%Progress & outcomes 57%Curriculum 54%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected30
Leadership and management30
All inspections (35)
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Children's Home run by Reflexion Care Group Limited in Westmorland and Furness24 Jun 2026 ·Children's Home· Westmorland and Furness· mostly positive tone· Karen Andrews, Cheryl FieldMonitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Inadequate
- 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
- Good
- Good
- Good
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- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Children's home run by Witherslack Group Limited in Westmorland and Furness9 Dec 2025 ·Children's home· Westmorland and Furness· mostly positive tone· Karen Andrews, Stacey IlaboyaGood
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Inadequate
Where they've inspected
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