Ofsted Inspector
Mary McCarthy
Active in published reports from Mar 2019 to Dec 2024.
Inspections
11
As lead
0
0% of visits
Last 12 months
0
Remits
2
Schools & FE 10 · Other 1
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Schools & FE5 graded by Mary
Mary
National
| Outstanding | 20% | 10% | +10 |
| Good | 60% | 66% | -6 |
| Requires improvement | 20% | 19% | +1 |
| Inadequate | 0% | 5% | -5 |
Small sample: fewer than 10 graded inspections, so differences mean little.
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 8 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Mary McCarthy's reports read in line with others with the same grade (warmer than 39% of inspectors).
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- Tone vs peers
- −3
- Length
- −7%
- Next steps
- 5.1
- per report
- Hedged
- 11%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Curriculum 100%Reading & phonics 100%Teaching & assessment 100%Leadership & governance 91%SEND & inclusion 73%Behaviour 73%Parents & families 55%Staff development 55%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Behaviour and attitudes9
Early years9
Leadership and management9
Personal development9
Quality of education9
All inspections (11)
- Ungraded inspection
- Bersted Green Primary School, Bognor Regis2 Oct 2024 ·Community school· West Sussex· mostly positive tone· Neil Pilsworth, Linda Appleby, Mary McCarthyGood
- Good
- Good
- Requires improvement
- Brooklands Farm Primary School30 Jun 2022 ·Community school· Milton Keynes· very positive tone· Louise Walker, Bill James, Fiona Henderson +2Outstanding
- Cross-in-Hand Church of England Primary School21 Apr 2022 ·Voluntary controlled school· East Sussex· mostly positive tone· Jo Lakey, Mary McCarthy, Owen McColganGood
- St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School22 Sept 2021 ·Voluntary aided school· Hampshire· mixed tone· Catherine Old, Liz McIntosh, Mary McCarthyRequires improvement
- Wellstead Primary School16 Jan 2020 ·Community school· Hampshire· very positive tone· Yasmin Maskatiya, Lea Hannam, Mary McCarthyGood
- Speenhamland School5 Dec 2019 ·Academy converter· West Berkshire· positive tone· David Harris, Mary McCarthy, Teresa HillRequires improvement
- Birchwood Grove Community Primary School, Burgess Hill6 Mar 2019 ·Community school· West Sussex· mostly positive tone· Frances Nation, Alan Jenner, Mary McCarthyReport
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