Social Care Inspector
Karen Karlsson
Active in published reports from May 2025 to Sept 2026.
Inspections
37
As lead
30
81% of visits
Last 12 months
23
Remits
2
Social care 36 · Other 1
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care32 graded by Karen
Karen
National
| Outstanding | 9% | 12% | -2 |
| Good | 88% | 68% | +20 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 3% | 15% | -12 |
| Inadequate | 0% | 6% | -6 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 32 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Karen Karlsson's reports read in line with others with the same grade (warmer than 81% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- +4
- Length
- −5%
- Next steps
- 2.8
- per report
- Hedged
- 3%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Leadership & governance 86%Progress & outcomes 76%Staff development 73%Care & placements 68%Parents & families 57%Communication & language 54%Behaviour 46%Teaching & assessment 43%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected32
Leadership and management32
All inspections (37)
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
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- Assurance
- Good
- Children's home run by Witherslack Group Limited in Westmorland and Furness3 Sept 2025 ·Children's home· Westmorland and Furness· mostly positive tone· Cat Makel, Karen KarlssonGood
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Report
- Good
- RI to be good
Where they've inspected
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