Social Care Inspector
Karol Keenan
Active in published reports from Aug 2018 to Jul 2026.
Inspections
122
As lead
94
77% of visits
Last 12 months
6
Remits
2
Social care 118 · Schools & FE 4
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Schools & FE1 graded by Karol
Karol
National
| Outstanding | 0% | 10% | -10 |
| Good | 100% | 66% | +34 |
| Requires improvement | 0% | 19% | -19 |
| Inadequate | 0% | 5% | -5 |
Small sample: fewer than 10 graded inspections, so differences mean little.
Social care42 graded by Karol
Karol
National
| Outstanding | 14% | 12% | +3 |
| Good | 60% | 68% | -8 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 17% | 15% | +2 |
| Inadequate | 10% | 6% | +4 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 67 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Karol Keenan's reports read more critical than others with the same grade (warmer than 9% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- −13
- Length
- +11%
- Next steps
- 5.0
- per report
- Hedged
- 5%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Leadership & governance 82%Records & policies 78%Staff development 70%Safeguarding 53%Progress & outcomes 52%Teaching & assessment 50%Behaviour 42%Care & placements 40%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Behaviour and attitudes1
Early years1
Helped and protected66
Leadership and management67
Personal development1
Quality of education1
All inspections (122)
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Darul Uloom London School21 Feb 2024 ·Other independent school· Bromley· mixed tone· Mark Smith, Dorothy Thompstone, Karol KeenanInspection
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Vale of Evesham School28 Sept 2023 ·Academy special converter· Worcestershire· positive tone· Chris Pollitt, Gwen Onyon, Karol Keenan +1Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Baskerville School26 Jan 2023 ·Residential Special School· Birmingham· mostly positive tone· Karol Keenan, Debbie BondGood
- Good
- Good
- Good
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- Inadequate
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Amberleigh Care Limited in Shropshire10 Nov 2022 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Shropshire· very positive tone· Kev Brammer, Karol KeenanOutstanding
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Aspris Children’s Services Limited in Staffordshire3 Nov 2022 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Staffordshire· mixed tone· Karol Keenan, James TallisGood
- Inadequate
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Bryn Melyn Care Limited in Shropshire12 May 2022 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Shropshire· mixed tone· Debbie Bond, Karol KeenanRI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Inspection
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- Inspection
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- Baskerville School17 Feb 2022 ·Residential Special School· Birmingham· mostly positive tone· Karol Keenan, Alison SmaleGood
- Good
- Horton Lodge20 Jan 2022 ·Residential Special School· Staffordshire· very positive tone· Karol Keenan, James TallisOutstanding
- Good
- Capstone Foster Care (South East) Limited3 Dec 2021 ·Independent Fostering Services· Worcestershire· mostly positive tone· Karol Keenan, Christy Wannop, Dawn BennettGood
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Outstanding
- Inadequate
- Wyre Forest School13 Oct 2021 ·Residential Special School· Worcestershire· positive tone· Louise Battersby, Karol KeenanGood
- Inadequate
- Foundation Fostering Limited24 Sept 2021 ·Independent Fostering Services· Worcestershire· mixed tone· Joanna Warburton, Karol KeenanGood
- RI to be good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
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- Good
- Inadequate
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
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- Inadequate
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- Inadequate
- Inspection
- Outstanding
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Inspection
- Good
- Inspection
- Inadequate
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Outstanding
- Assurance
- Inadequate
- Assurance
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- Children's Home run by Options Autism (5) Limited in Shropshire23 Oct 2019 ·Children's Home· Shropshire· mostly positive tone· Tracey Coglan Greig, Alison Smale, Karol KeenanGood
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Aspris Children’s Services Limited in Staffordshire11 Oct 2019 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Staffordshire· positive tone· Gareth Leckey, Karol KeenanGood
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Assurance
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- Assurance
- Inspection
- Inspection
- Assurance
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