Social Care Inspector
Melanie Cotterill
Active in published reports from May 2026 to Sept 2026.
Inspections
12
As lead
4
33% of visits
Last 12 months
12
Remits
2
Social care 11 · Other 1
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care10 graded by Melanie
Melanie
National
| Outstanding | 0% | 12% | -12 |
| Good | 80% | 68% | +12 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 20% | 15% | +5 |
| Inadequate | 0% | 6% | -6 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 9 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Melanie Cotterill's reports read warmer than others with the same grade (warmer than 89% of inspectors).
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- Tone vs peers
- +6
- Length
- −6%
- Next steps
- 5.3
- per report
- Hedged
- 3%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Staff development 92%Leadership & governance 92%Progress & outcomes 83%Safeguarding 83%Parents & families 58%Behaviour 50%Curriculum 50%Wellbeing & mental health 50%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected10
Leadership and management10
All inspections (12)
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Report
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
Where they've inspected
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