Social Care Inspector
Kerry Chater
Active in published reports from Apr 2024 to Aug 2026.
Inspections
70
As lead
53
76% of visits
Last 12 months
27
Remits
1
Social care 70
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care60 graded by Kerry
Kerry
National
| Outstanding | 8% | 12% | -3 |
| Good | 72% | 68% | +4 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 13% | 15% | -1 |
| Inadequate | 7% | 6% | +1 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 59 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Kerry Chater's reports read in line with others with the same grade (warmer than 35% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- −4
- Length
- −5%
- Next steps
- 3.4
- per report
- Hedged
- 5%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Leadership & governance 83%Progress & outcomes 81%Staff development 74%Parents & families 63%Care & placements 60%Behaviour 50%Safeguarding 50%Records & policies 50%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected60
Leadership and management60
All inspections (70)
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Children's Home run by Josh’s Place Limited in Redcar and Cleveland28 Jul 2026 ·Children's Home· Redcar and Cleveland· very critical tone· Kerry Chater, Amber MerrimanMonitoring visit
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- Inadequate
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Inadequate
- Good
- Assurance
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- Assurance
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Assurance
- RI to be good
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- Good
- Children's home run by Witherslack Group Limited in Westmorland and Furness23 Oct 2025 ·Children's home· Westmorland and Furness· very positive tone· Kerry Chater, Laura RobertsOutstanding
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- Children's home run by Witherslack Group Limited in Westmorland and Furness27 Nov 2024 ·Children's home· Westmorland and Furness· mostly positive tone· Kerry Chater, Julia HaganGood
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
Where they've inspected
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