Social Care Inspector
Maire Atherton
Active in published reports from Jan 2008 to Mar 2023.
Inspections
134
As lead
98
73% of visits
Last 12 months
0
Remits
3
Social care 93 · Other 39 · Schools & FE 2
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care7 graded by Maire
Maire
National
| Outstanding | 29% | 12% | +17 |
| Good | 14% | 68% | -54 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 57% | 15% | +42 |
| Inadequate | 0% | 6% | -6 |
Small sample: fewer than 10 graded inspections, so differences mean little.
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 27 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Maire Atherton's reports read more critical than others with the same grade (warmer than 21% of inspectors).
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- Tone vs peers
- −7
- Length
- +30%
- Next steps
- 6.9
- per report
- Hedged
- 7%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Staff development 81%Leadership & governance 80%Progress & outcomes 72%Teaching & assessment 70%Records & policies 66%Safeguarding 57%Care & placements 55%Parents & families 51%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected25
Leadership and management22
All inspections (134)
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by MacIntyre Care in Buckinghamshire10 Aug 2022 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Buckinghamshire· mixed tone· Jill Sephton-Wright, Maire AthertonGood
- Blue Sky Fostering28 Jan 2022 ·Independent Fostering Services· Hampshire· very positive tone· Vevene Muhammad, Maire Atherton, Skye Frain +1Outstanding
- Holyport College25 Nov 2021 ·Boarding School· Windsor and Maidenhead· positive tone· Stephen Collett, Jennie Christopher, Maire Atherton +1Outstanding
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Slough Children First20 May 2020 ·Independent Fostering Services, Agency performing the function(s) of LAs· Slough· mixed tone· Amanda Harvey, Maire Atherton, Maria LonerganReport
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
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- Inspection
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- Report
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Fosterplus22 Mar 2019 ·Independent Fostering Services· Milton Keynes· mixed tone· Jacqueline Georghiou, Maire AthertonGood
- Children's Home run by Oxfordshire County Council in Oxfordshire13 Mar 2019 ·Children's Home· Oxfordshire· mostly positive tone· Jacqueline Georghiou, Maire AthertonGood
- Assurance
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Foster Care Associates South East17 Aug 2018 ·Independent Fostering Services· Southwark· positive tone· Maire Atherton, Amanda MaxwellGood
- RI to be good
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- Compass Fostering South2 Mar 2018 ·Independent Fostering Services· West Sussex· positive tone· Maire Atherton, Amanda MaxwellGood
- Inspection
- St Mary's School and 6th Form College17 Jan 2018 ·Non-maintained special school· East Sussex· positive tone· Emma Sanderson, Andrew Whippy, Maire AthertonReport
- Children's home run by The National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy in Tandridge9 Jan 2018 ·Children's home· Tandridge· critical tone· Emeline Evans, Jennie Christopher, Maire Atherton +1Inspection
- Good
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- Good
- Good
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- Good
- Report
- Grateley House School14 Mar 2017 ·Other independent special school· Hampshire· mostly positive tone· Matthew Barnes, Maire AthertonInspection
- Interim
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- Children's Home, Residential special school run by MacIntyre Care in Buckinghamshire12 Jan 2017 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Buckinghamshire· mostly positive tone· Rosie Dancer, Maire AthertonInterim
- Good
- Good
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- RI to be good
- Good
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- Interim
- Good
- Inadequate
- Report
- Hamilton Lodge School and College for Deaf Children9 Jun 2016 ·Non-maintained special school· Brighton and Hove· positive tone· Maire Atherton, Stephen CollettReport
- T A S I S26 May 2016 ·Other independent school· Surrey· mixed tone· Ann Henderson, Amanda Maxwell, Angus Mackay +5Report
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- Steyning Grammar School24 Sept 2015 ·Voluntary controlled school· West Sussex· very positive tone· Keith Riley, Maire Atherton, Suzy LemmyReport
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