Social Care Inspector
Michelle Greenhalgh
Active in published reports from Nov 2023 to Aug 2026.
Inspections
89
As lead
76
85% of visits
Last 12 months
23
Remits
2
Social care 88 · Other 1
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care66 graded by Michelle
Michelle
National
| Outstanding | 12% | 12% | +0 |
| Good | 74% | 68% | +6 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 12% | 15% | -3 |
| Inadequate | 2% | 6% | -4 |
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.
Michelle Greenhalgh's reports read more critical than others with the same grade (warmer than 10% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- −11
- Length
- −1%
- Next steps
- 4.3
- per report
- Hedged
- 3%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Leadership & governance 81%Staff development 75%Behaviour 61%Safeguarding 56%Records & policies 51%Care & placements 49%Parents & families 47%Progress & outcomes 43%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected64
Leadership and management66
All inspections (89)
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Sandwell Children's Trust Adoption20 Feb 2026 ·Voluntary Adoption Agency, Domestic adoption· Sandwell· very positive tone· Lydia Isaac, Michelle GreenhalghGood
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Outstanding
- Good
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- Outstanding
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
Show all 89 inspections
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Children's Home run by Gracewells Care Limited in Lancashire4 Jun 2025 ·Children's Home· Lancashire· mostly positive tone· Michelle Greenhalgh, Vicky WainwrightGood
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- Inadequate
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Caritas Care (Head Office)31 Jan 2025 ·Voluntary Adoption Agency· Lancashire· mostly positive tone· Aislinn Cooper, Michelle GreenhalghGood
- Alpha Plus Fostering Limited24 Jan 2025 ·Independent Fostering Services· Oldham· positive tone· Colin Jones, Michelle GreenhalghOutstanding
- Good
- Assurance
- Foster Care Associates North West6 Dec 2024 ·Independent Fostering Services· Lancashire· mostly positive tone· Aislinn Cooper, Michelle Greenhalgh, Nicola Forrester +1Good
- Good
- Good
- Fusion Fostering North West14 Nov 2024 ·Independent Fostering Services· Lancashire· very positive tone· Zillah Brooks, Michelle GreenhalghGood
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Next Stage For Fostering Ltd17 Jul 2024 ·Independent Fostering Services· Bolton· positive tone· Aislinn Cooper, Michelle GreenhalghOutstanding
- Good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Report
- Children's Home run by Homes for Support in Cheshire East20 Mar 2024 ·Children's Home· Cheshire East· mostly positive tone· Michelle Greenhalgh, Louise RedfernGood
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Children's home run by Care Afloat Ltd in West Lancashire5 Dec 2023 ·Children's home· West Lancashire· mostly positive tone· Michelle Greenhalgh, Katie TomlinsonGood
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
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