Social Care Inspector
Katie Tomlinson
Active in published reports from Sept 2022 to Sept 2026.
Inspections
160
As lead
135
84% of visits
Last 12 months
34
Remits
2
Social care 156 · Other 4
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care125 graded by Katie
Katie
National
| Outstanding | 5% | 12% | -7 |
| Good | 80% | 68% | +12 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 10% | 15% | -4 |
| Inadequate | 5% | 6% | -1 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 125 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Katie Tomlinson's reports read more critical than others with the same grade (warmer than 11% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- −11
- Length
- +10%
- Next steps
- 5.8
- per report
- Hedged
- 3%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Staff development 90%Leadership & governance 86%Care & placements 61%Safeguarding 59%Progress & outcomes 59%Behaviour 58%Teaching & assessment 56%Records & policies 54%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected125
Leadership and management125
All inspections (160)
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Assurance
- Good
- Jamiatul-Ilm Wal-Huda UK School7 Jul 2026 ·Other independent school· Blackburn with Darwen· mostly positive tone· Dave Carrigan, Katie TomlinsonReport
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Lancaster Royal Grammar School4 Jun 2026 ·Boarding School· Lancashire· very positive tone· Katie Tomlinson, Kelly McCurdy, Simon JonesOutstanding
- Dallam School21 May 2026 ·Boarding School· Westmorland and Furness· positive tone· Cheryl Field, Katie Tomlinson, Simon JonesGood
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Good
- Assurance
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
Show all 160 inspections
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Jamiatul-ilm Wal Huda23 Oct 2025 ·Social care· Blackburn with Darwen· positive tone· Dave Carrigan, Katie Tomlinson, Simon JonesGood
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- Outstanding
- Good
- Inadequate
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Assurance
- RI to be good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Reaseheath FE College10 Jun 2025 ·FE College with Residential Care· Cheshire East· mixed tone· Katie Tomlinson, Cheryl Field, Denise JollyReport
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Children's Home run by Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council in Blackburn with Darwen27 Feb 2025 ·Children's Home· Blackburn with Darwen· very positive tone· Katie Tomlinson, Aislinn CooperOutstanding
- Good
- Good
- Reaseheath FE College6 Feb 2025 ·FE College with Residential Care· Cheshire East· mixed tone· Katie Tomlinson, Cheryl Field, Denise JollyReport
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- RI to be good
- Assurance
- Good
- Myerscough College20 Nov 2024 ·FE College with Residential Care· Lancashire· positive tone· Cheryl Field, Denise Jolly, Katie TomlinsonReport
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Archers Brook SEMH Residential School18 Jul 2024 ·Residential Special School· Cheshire West and Chester· very positive tone· Cheryl Field, Katie TomlinsonGood
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Jamea Al Kauthar2 May 2024 ·Boarding School· Lancashire· positive tone· Cheryl Field, Katie Tomlinson, Kelly McCurdyGood
- Good
- Inadequate
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Children's home run by Care Afloat Ltd in West Lancashire5 Dec 2023 ·Children's home· West Lancashire· mostly positive tone· Michelle Greenhalgh, Katie TomlinsonGood
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Archers Brook SEMH Residential School26 Oct 2023 ·Residential Special School· Cheshire West and Chester· very positive tone· Cheryl Field, Katie TomlinsonGood
- Good
- Good
- Rawdhatul Ilm Wal Huda28 Sept 2023 ·Boarding School· Blackburn with Darwen· positive tone· Cheryl Field, Judith Birchall, Katie TomlinsonGood
- Good
- Children's home run by Halliwell Homes Limited in Staffordshire Moorlands13 Sept 2023 ·Children's home· Staffordshire Moorlands· positive tone· Katie Tomlinson, Sally MitchellGood
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Children's home run by Halliwell Homes Limited in Staffordshire Moorlands19 Jul 2023 ·Children's home· Staffordshire Moorlands· mixed tone· Katie Tomlinson, Nicola ForresterGood
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Inadequate
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Inadequate
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Children's Home run by Active Ark Limited in Westmorland and Furness7 Oct 2022 ·Children's Home· Westmorland and Furness· very critical tone· Emma Thornton, Katie TomlinsonInadequate
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
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