HMI
Michelle Lower
Active in published reports from Feb 2022 to Jul 2023.
Inspections
47
As lead
35
74% of visits
Last 12 months
0
Remits
2
Schools & FE 46 · Other 1
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Schools & FE32 graded by Michelle
Michelle
National
| Outstanding | 0% | 10% | -10 |
| Good | 50% | 66% | -16 |
| Requires improvement | 28% | 19% | +9 |
| Inadequate | 22% | 5% | +17 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 32 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Michelle Lower's reports read more critical than others with the same grade (warmer than 10% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- −12
- Length
- −3%
- Next steps
- 4.9
- per report
- Hedged
- 8%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Leadership & governance 100%Curriculum 98%Teaching & assessment 94%Behaviour 79%SEND & inclusion 68%Safeguarding 64%Staff development 51%Reading & phonics 49%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Behaviour and attitudes33
Early years13
Leadership and management33
Personal development33
Quality of education33
All inspections (47)
- Inspection
- Requires improvement
- Inspection
- Estuary Academy14 Jun 2023 ·Academy alternative provision sponsor led· Kent· mostly positive tone· Michelle Lower, Tom NeaveGood
- Trafalgar School7 Jun 2023 ·Academy sponsor led· Portsmouth· positive tone· Michelle Lower, Andy Johnson, Mike Boddington +1Good
- Walton High17 May 2023 ·Academy converter· Milton Keynes· mostly positive tone· Michelle Lower, Ed Mather, Martin Smith +2Good
- Skinners' Kent Academy11 May 2023 ·Academy sponsor led· Kent· mostly positive tone· Michelle Lower, Julia Mortimore, Lorraine Clarke +2Good
- Ripplevale School Rochester27 Apr 2023 ·Other independent special school· Medway· mostly positive tone· Hilary Macdonald, Michelle LowerRequires improvement
- Good
- Davison Church of England High School for Girls, Worthing29 Mar 2023 ·Voluntary controlled school· West Sussex· positive tone· Michelle Lower, Dave Euridge, Owen McColganInspection
- Inadequate
- Inadequate
- Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School1 Mar 2023 ·Academy converter· Kent· positive tone· Michelle Lower, Ally Aldridge-Gibbons, Philip Wayne +1Good
- Glebe Primary School22 Feb 2023 ·Community school· West Sussex· positive tone· Michelle Lower, Caroline Clarke, Therese WintheGood
- Requires improvement
- Inspection
- Orion Spires11 Jan 2023 ·Academy sponsor led· Kent· mostly positive tone· Michelle Lower, Ian Cooksey, Nicky Archer +1Good
- King's Academy Bay House30 Nov 2022 ·Academy converter· Hampshire· mostly positive tone· Michelle Lower, Charles Joseph, Marian Feeley +2Requires improvement
- Robert May's School23 Nov 2022 ·Academy converter· Hampshire· mostly positive tone· Michelle Lower, Nick Simmonds, Paul JamesInspection
- Inspection
- Perins School9 Nov 2022 ·Academy converter· Hampshire· mostly positive tone· Michelle Lower, Keith Pailthorpe, Vicky MatthewsInspection
- Kennet School2 Nov 2022 ·Academy converter· West Berkshire· positive tone· Michelle Lower, Nicky Archer, Peter RodinInspection
- Requires improvement
- St Mark's CofE Primary School12 Oct 2022 ·Voluntary aided school· Brighton and Hove· mostly positive tone· Michelle Lower, Catherine HylandsRequires improvement
- Good
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- Inadequate
- Brompton Academy22 Sept 2022 ·Academy sponsor led· Medway· mixed tone· Michelle Lower, Andrew Foster, Rupert Prutton +2Requires improvement
- Inadequate
- Inspection
- Inspection
- Inspection
- Inadequate
- Sir William Ramsay School15 Jun 2022 ·Academy converter· Buckinghamshire· critical tone· Nick Simmonds, Michelle Lower, Tom NeaveInadequate
- Firle Church of England Primary School9 Jun 2022 ·Voluntary controlled school· East Sussex· mixed tone· Michelle Lower, Alice Early, Hanna MillerRequires improvement
- The Eastbourne Academy25 May 2022 ·Academy sponsor led· East Sussex· mixed tone· Michelle Lower, Christopher Doherty, Ginny Rhodes +1Requires improvement
- Good
- Kingslea Primary School5 May 2022 ·Community school· West Sussex· positive tone· Michelle Lower, Vicky Matthews, Zoe HarrisGood
- St Andrew's CofE High School6 Apr 2022 ·Voluntary aided school· West Sussex· mostly positive tone· Shaun Jarvis, Matthew Newberry, Michelle LowerInadequate
- Aureus School30 Mar 2022 ·Academy sponsor led· Oxfordshire· mixed tone· Aimee Floyd, Alan Johnson, Michelle LowerRequires improvement
- Good
- Durrington High School18 Mar 2022 ·Academy converter· West Sussex· positive tone· Chris Ellison, Anne Cullum, Julia Mortimore +2Good
- King Alfred's9 Mar 2022 ·Academy converter· Oxfordshire· mostly positive tone· Yasmin Maskatiya, Christopher Doherty, Michelle Lower +2Good
- Georgian Gardens Community Primary School2 Mar 2022 ·Community school· West Sussex· positive tone· Alice Roberts, Michelle Lower, Nina MarabeseGood
- St Thomas A Becket Catholic Primary School23 Feb 2022 ·Voluntary aided school· East Sussex· very positive tone· Louise Walker, Clare Wilkins, Michelle LowerGood
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