Social Care Inspector
Leanne Lyon
Active in published reports from Apr 2023 to Sept 2026.
Inspections
118
As lead
83
70% of visits
Last 12 months
36
Remits
2
Social care 102 · Other 16
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care78 graded by Leanne
Leanne
National
| Outstanding | 6% | 12% | -5 |
| Good | 63% | 68% | -5 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 24% | 15% | +10 |
| Inadequate | 6% | 6% | +1 |
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.
Leanne Lyon's reports read more critical than others with the same grade (warmer than 0% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- −41
- Length
- +2%
- Next steps
- 6.1
- per report
- Hedged
- 5%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Staff development 86%Leadership & governance 81%Records & policies 69%Care & placements 69%Safeguarding 62%Progress & outcomes 55%Health & safety 48%Teaching & assessment 47%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected78
Leadership and management78
All inspections (118)
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Report
- Report
- RI to be good
- Good
- Report
- Clare Lodge4 Jun 2026 ·Children's home· Peterborough· mixed tone· Leanne Lyon, Daniel Carrick, Dave Carrigan +2Report
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Lincolnshire Secure Unit13 May 2026 ·Children's Home, Secure Unit· Lincolnshire· positive tone· Cath Sikakana, Laytoya Morgan, Leanne LyonAssurance
- Monitoring visit
- Clayfields House Secure Unit30 Apr 2026 ·Children's home· Broxtowe· mixed tone· Gemma McDonnell, Carolyn Brownsea, Daniel Carrick +5Report
- Swanwick Lodge23 Apr 2026 ·Children's Home, Secure Unit· Hampshire· mostly positive tone· Thirza Smith, Haley Lomas, Jo Birtwhistle +1Report
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Aycliffe Secure Services19 Mar 2026 ·Children's home· County Durham· mixed tone· Leanne Lyon, Gemma McDonnell, Jo BirtwhistleReport
- Inadequate
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Clare Lodge11 Feb 2026 ·Children's home· Peterborough· critical tone· Gemma McDonnell, Jo Birtwhistle, Leanne Lyon +1Report
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
Show all 118 inspections
- Adel Beck Secure Children's Home22 Jan 2026 ·Children's Home, Secure Unit· Leeds· positive tone· Gemma McDonnell, Debbie Foster, Leanne LyonReport
- Adel Beck Secure Children's Home20 Jan 2026 ·Children's Home, Secure Unit· Leeds· positive tone· Gemma McDonnell, Dave Carrigan, Leanne LyonAssurance
- Atkinson Unit15 Jan 2026 ·Children's Home, Secure Unit· Devon· positive tone· Shaun Common, Gemma McDonnell, Joanna Walters +1Report
- Assurance
- Good
- Inadequate
- Aycliffe Secure Services11 Dec 2025 ·Children's home· County Durham· critical tone· Gemma McDonnell, Jo Birtwhistle, Leanne LyonReport
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- Marydale Lodge16 Oct 2025 ·Children's home· St. Helens· very positive tone· Thirza Smith, Jo Birtwhistle, Leanne Lyon +2Report
- Good
- Good
- Lincolnshire Secure Unit25 Sept 2025 ·Children's Home, Secure Unit· Lincolnshire· very positive tone· Cath Sikakana, Gary Turney, Hayley Lomas +2Report
- Assurance
- Good
- Assurance
- RI to be good
- Swanwick Lodge3 Jul 2025 ·Children's Home, Secure Unit· Hampshire· mixed tone· Thirza Smith, Jo Birtwhistle, Leanne Lyon +1Report
- Assurance
- Oasis Restore Trust19 Jun 2025 ·Children's Home, Secure Unit· Medway· mixed tone· Tash Williams, Jo Birtwhistle, Leanne Lyon +2Report
- Good
- Lansdowne Secure Unit5 Jun 2025 ·Children's home· Wealden· mostly positive tone· Thirza Smith, Cath Sikakana, Jo Birtwhistle +2Report
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Assurance
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- RI to be good
- Inadequate
- Good
- RI to be good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by St Elizabeth’s Centre in Hertfordshire4 Jul 2024 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Hertfordshire· mixed tone· Mark Anderton, Leanne Lyon, Rachel WatkinsonGood
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Inadequate
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Aurora Care and Education Opco Limited in Cambridgeshire1 Jun 2023 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Cambridgeshire· positive tone· Mark Anderton, Leanne Lyon, Russel BreyerGood
- Good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Inadequate
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