Ofsted Inspector
Karen Thomson
Active in published reports from Jan 2023 to Nov 2023.
Inspections
11
As lead
0
0% of visits
Last 12 months
0
Remits
1
Schools & FE 11
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Schools & FE8 graded by Karen
Karen
National
| Outstanding | 0% | 10% | -10 |
| Good | 75% | 66% | +9 |
| Requires improvement | 25% | 19% | +6 |
| Inadequate | 0% | 5% | -5 |
Small sample: fewer than 10 graded inspections, so differences mean little.
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 8 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Karen Thomson's reports read more critical than others with the same grade (warmer than 14% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- −10
- Length
- −5%
- Next steps
- 3.5
- per report
- Hedged
- 9%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Curriculum 100%Leadership & governance 100%Reading & phonics 91%Behaviour 82%Teaching & assessment 82%SEND & inclusion 73%Parents & families 55%Safeguarding 55%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Behaviour and attitudes8
Early years8
Leadership and management8
Personal development8
Quality of education8
All inspections (11)
- Good
- Good
- Requires improvement
- Good
- Little Mead Primary Academy7 Jun 2023 ·Academy converter· Bristol, City of· mostly positive tone· Wendy D’Arcy, Karen Thomson, Ken BuxtonRequires improvement
- Inspection
- Inspection
- Good
- Inspection
- Crockerne Church of England Primary School25 Jan 2023 ·Academy converter· North Somerset· mostly positive tone· Jason Edge, Karen Thomson, Shona SwanGood
- Good
Where they've inspected
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