Social Care Inspector
Karen Willson
Active in published reports from Oct 2016 to Sept 2023.
Inspections
132
As lead
120
91% of visits
Last 12 months
0
Remits
2
Social care 131 · Other 1
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care36 graded by Karen
Karen
National
| Outstanding | 6% | 12% | -6 |
| Good | 61% | 68% | -7 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 22% | 15% | +8 |
| Inadequate | 11% | 6% | +5 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 78 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Karen Willson's reports read in line with others with the same grade (warmer than 54% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- −1
- Length
- +32%
- Next steps
- 6.6
- per report
- Hedged
- 4%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Staff development 83%Progress & outcomes 79%Records & policies 78%Leadership & governance 74%Behaviour 65%Care & placements 65%Safeguarding 57%Teaching & assessment 48%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected83
Leadership and management73
All inspections (132)
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Children's Home run by iMapcentre Limited in Cheshire West and Chester27 Jul 2022 ·Children's Home· Cheshire West and Chester· critical tone· Karen Willson, Mark WoodbridgeMonitoring visit
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Children's Home run by North Yorkshire County Council in North Yorkshire18 May 2022 ·Children's Home· North Yorkshire· critical tone· Jane Titley, Jamie Richardson, Karen WillsonInadequate
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- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Children's Home run by Mercia Children Services Limited in Cheshire West and Chester28 Jan 2022 ·Children's Home· Cheshire West and Chester· mostly positive tone· Karen Willson, Mark WoodbridgeGood
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Children's Home run by Cheshire West and Chester Council in Cheshire West and Chester14 Jan 2022 ·Children's Home· Cheshire West and Chester· very positive tone· Karen Willson, Mark WoodbridgeOutstanding
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- RI to be good
- Children's Home run by iMap Centre Limited in Cheshire West and Chester9 Dec 2021 ·Children's Home· Cheshire West and Chester· positive tone· Karen Willson, Mark WoodbridgeGood
- Inspection
- Inadequate
- Good
- RI to be good
- Inadequate
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Children's Home run by iMapcentre Limited in Cheshire West and Chester12 Aug 2021 ·Children's Home· Cheshire West and Chester· critical tone· Karen Willson, Michael CharnleyMonitoring visit
- Inadequate
- Good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Inadequate
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Children's Home run by Omega Care Group Limited in Cheshire West and Chester30 Mar 2021 ·Children's Home· Cheshire West and Chester· mixed tone· Karen Willson, Genevieve O’ReillyMonitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Good
- Inspection
- Good
- Assurance
- Inspection
- Outstanding
- Assurance
- Outstanding
- Good
- Children's Home run by Fairfield Residential Limited in Cheshire West and Chester10 Oct 2019 ·Children's Home· Cheshire West and Chester· very positive tone· Karen Willson, Tracy MeseAssurance
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- Report
- Inspection
- Inspection
- Inspection
- Inspection
- Outstanding
- Good
- Children's home run by Oracle Care Limited in Central Bedfordshire20 Dec 2018 ·Children's home· Central Bedfordshire· mostly positive tone· Pam Nuckley, Karen WillsonRI to be good
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- By the Bridge North West22 Sept 2017 ·Independent Fostering Services· Cheshire East· mostly positive tone· Sharon Lloyd, Karen Willson, Sarah OldhamGood
- Outstanding
- Good
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Interim
- Interim
- Interim
- Interim
- Interim
- Interim
- Interim
- Outstanding
- Interim
- Interim
- Good
- Good
- Interim
- Outstanding
- Interim
- Interim
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Interim
- Interim
- Inadequate
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