Social Care Inspector
Michael Charnley
Active in published reports from Sept 2015 to Jul 2025.
Inspections
40
As lead
27
68% of visits
Last 12 months
0
Remits
1
Social care 40
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care1 graded by Michael
Michael
National
| Outstanding | 100% | 12% | +88 |
| Good | 0% | 68% | -68 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 0% | 15% | -15 |
| Inadequate | 0% | 6% | -6 |
Small sample: fewer than 10 graded inspections, so differences mean little.
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 15 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Michael Charnley's reports read more critical than others with the same grade (warmer than 16% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- −9
- Length
- +26%
- Next steps
- 6.1
- per report
- Hedged
- 4%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Leadership & governance 68%Records & policies 65%Progress & outcomes 63%Staff development 58%Behaviour 55%Teaching & assessment 48%Health & safety 45%Care & placements 45%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected16
Leadership and management15
All inspections (40)
- Children's home run by Witherslack Group Limited in Westmorland and Furness30 Jul 2025 ·Children's home· Westmorland and Furness· very positive tone· Deborah Turner, Michael CharnleyOutstanding
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Children's Home run by iMapcentre Limited in Cheshire West and Chester12 Aug 2021 ·Children's Home· Cheshire West and Chester· critical tone· Karen Willson, Michael CharnleyMonitoring visit
- Inadequate
- Good
- Children's home run by Halliwell Homes Limited in Staffordshire Moorlands15 Jul 2021 ·Children's home· Staffordshire Moorlands· mostly positive tone· Pauline Yates, Charlie Bamber, Michael CharnleyGood
- Good
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Kedleston (High Peak School) Limited in Cheshire East27 Jan 2021 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Cheshire East· mixed tone· Michael Charnley, Mandy NightingaleMonitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Children's home run by Halliwell Homes Limited in Staffordshire Moorlands10 Dec 2020 ·Children's home· Staffordshire Moorlands· mostly positive tone· Cheryl Field, Michael CharnleyMonitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
Show all 40 inspections
- Inspection
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Children's home run by Witherslack Group Limited in Westmorland and Furness11 Feb 2020 ·Children's home· Westmorland and Furness· very positive tone· Michael Charnley, Mandy NightingaleOutstanding
- Assurance
- Inspection
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Interim
- Interim
- Good
Where they've inspected
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