Social Care Inspector
Lisa O’Donovan
Active in published reports from Feb 2011 to Jul 2026.
Inspections
177
As lead
142
80% of visits
Last 12 months
3
Remits
2
Social care 168 · Other 9
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care26 graded by Lisa
Lisa
National
| Outstanding | 15% | 12% | +4 |
| Good | 62% | 68% | -6 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 23% | 15% | +8 |
| Inadequate | 0% | 6% | -6 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 100 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Lisa O’Donovan's reports read in line with others with the same grade (warmer than 81% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- +4
- Length
- −12%
- Next steps
- 3.4
- per report
- Hedged
- 3%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Staff development 74%Leadership & governance 71%Progress & outcomes 58%Care & placements 58%Behaviour 46%Safeguarding 39%Teaching & assessment 37%Records & policies 35%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected96
Leadership and management100
All inspections (177)
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Orange Grove Fostercare Three Shires12 Sept 2025 ·Social care· Milton Keynes· positive tone· Sharron Dormand, Karen Flanagan, Lisa O’Donovan +1Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Monitoring visit
- Outstanding
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by MacIntyre Care in Buckinghamshire22 Nov 2023 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Buckinghamshire· mostly positive tone· Mark Dawkins, Harby Bashir, Lisa O’DonovanGood
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Overley Hall Limited in Telford and Wrekin2 Nov 2022 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Telford and Wrekin· mostly positive tone· Debbie Bond, Dawn Bennett, Lisa O’DonovanGood
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
Show all 177 inspections
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Good
- Inadequate
- Good
- Outstanding
- Inspection
- Inspection
- Father Hudson's (Adoption Support Agency)11 Feb 2022 ·Adoption Support Agencies, Adults and children· Warwickshire· very positive tone· Lisa O’Donovan, Anne DalyOutstanding
- Good
- Good
- icanfoster21 Jan 2022 ·Independent Fostering Services· Telford and Wrekin· mostly positive tone· Lisa O’DonovanGood
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Inspection
- Good
- RI to be good
- SWIIS Foster Care Ltd15 Oct 2021 ·Independent Fostering Services· Birmingham· very positive tone· Lisa O’Donovan, Anne DalyOutstanding
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Children's Home run by Oracle Care Limited in Staffordshire15 Sept 2021 ·Children's Home· Staffordshire· very critical tone· Lisa O’Donovan, Karen GillingwaterInadequate
- Lower Roach End Farm8 Sept 2021 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Staffordshire· positive tone· Lisa O’DonovanGood
- Monitoring visit
- Report
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Inadequate
- Outstanding
- Report
- Good
- Victoria Villa12 May 2021 ·Residential Family Centre· Worcestershire· mostly positive tone· Lisa O’Donovan, Sarah BerryGood
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Inadequate
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Elite Fostering Limited6 Aug 2020 ·Independent Fostering Services· Sandwell· critical tone· Joanna Warburton, Lisa O’DonovanReport
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Report
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Report
- Inspection
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Inspection
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Outstanding
- Good
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Good
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Inspection
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Rowden House School Limited in Herefordshire2 Oct 2019 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Herefordshire· positive tone· Dawn Bennett, Lisa O’Donovan, Louise WhittleGood
- Assurance
- Good
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Good
- Assurance
- Inadequate
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Freedom Fostering12 Jul 2019 ·Independent Fostering Services· Wolverhampton· positive tone· Lisa O’Donovan, Annemarie ParkerOutstanding
- Monitoring visit
- Red Kite Fostering25 Jun 2019 ·Other· Herefordshire, County of· very critical tone· Tracey Coglan Greig, Lisa O’DonovanReport
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Inspection
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Inspection
- Sandwell Children's Trust Fostering1 Mar 2019 ·Independent Fostering Services, Agency performing the function(s) of LAs· Sandwell· very critical tone· Dawn Bennett, Christy Wannop, Lisa O’DonovanInadequate
- Inspection
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Good
- Inspection
- Good
- Children's home run by Castle Homes Care Limited in Hammersmith and Fulham7 Nov 2018 ·Children's home· Hammersmith and Fulham· positive tone· Karen Gillingwater, Lisa O’DonovanGood
- Good
- National Fostering Agency19 Oct 2018 ·Social care· Solihull· very positive tone· David Morgan, Julia Wright, Lisa O’Donovan +1Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Freedom Fostering20 Apr 2018 ·Independent Fostering Services· Wolverhampton· critical tone· Sandra King, Lisa O’DonovanRI to be good
- Freedom Fostering20 Apr 2018 ·Independent Fostering Services· Wolverhampton· critical tone· Sandra King, Lisa O’DonovanRI to be good
- Good
- Children Always First Limited16 Mar 2018 ·Independent Fostering Services· Worcestershire· positive tone· David Morgan, Lisa O’DonovanGood
- Report
- Report
- Report
- Good
- Walton Hall18 Jan 2018 ·Residential Special School· Staffordshire· very positive tone· Dave Carrigan, Lisa O’DonovanOutstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Children's home run by Cambian Childcare Limited in Hammersmith and Fulham15 Nov 2017 ·Children's home· Hammersmith and Fulham· very critical tone· Lisa O’Donovan, Sandra KingInadequate
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Overley Hall Limited in Telford and Wrekin4 Oct 2017 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Telford and Wrekin· mostly positive tone· Julia Wright, Lisa O’Donovan, Louise BattersbyGood
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- Assurance
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