Social Care Inspector
Matt Nicholls
Active in published reports from May 2019 to Mar 2023.
Inspections
88
As lead
67
76% of visits
Last 12 months
0
Remits
1
Social care 88
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care49 graded by Matt
Matt
National
| Outstanding | 22% | 12% | +11 |
| Good | 76% | 68% | +8 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 2% | 15% | -13 |
| Inadequate | 0% | 6% | -6 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 66 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Matt Nicholls's reports read in line with others with the same grade (warmer than 29% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- −5
- Length
- −9%
- Next steps
- 2.8
- per report
- Hedged
- 3%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Leadership & governance 77%Staff development 74%Progress & outcomes 67%Behaviour 53%Care & placements 53%Safeguarding 43%Parents & families 40%Records & policies 39%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected66
Leadership and management66
All inspections (88)
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
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- Good
- Good
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- Good
- Outstanding
- Assurance
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Wandsworth Borough Council in Wandsworth14 Sept 2022 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Wandsworth· positive tone· Mark Newington, Anthony Waite, Matt Nicholls +1Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
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- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- International School of Creative Arts19 May 2022 ·Boarding School· Buckinghamshire· mostly positive tone· Jennie Christopher, Matt NichollsGood
- Outstanding
- Good
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Oxford International College21 Oct 2021 ·Boarding School· Oxfordshire· mostly positive tone· Jennie Christopher, Matt Nicholls, Ruth ColerGood
- Woodeaton Manor School14 Oct 2021 ·Residential Special School· Oxfordshire· mostly positive tone· Jennie Christopher, Matt NichollsGood
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- Children's home run by Cambian Asperger Syndrome Services Limited in Hammersmith and Fulham23 Jul 2021 ·Children's home· Hammersmith and Fulham· critical tone· Matt Nicholls, Jill Sephton-WrightMonitoring visit
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Children's home run by Cambian Autism Services Limited in Hammersmith and Fulham22 Jun 2021 ·Children's home· Hammersmith and Fulham· very positive tone· Jill Sephton-Wright, Mark Newington, Matt NichollsOutstanding
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by MacIntyre Care in Buckinghamshire10 Jun 2021 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Buckinghamshire· mixed tone· Jill Sephton-Wright, Matt NichollsGood
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- Good
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