Social Care Inspector
Michelle Spruce
Active in published reports from Mar 2011 to Jan 2024.
Inspections
253
As lead
233
92% of visits
Last 12 months
0
Remits
2
Social care 249 · Other 4
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care44 graded by Michelle
Michelle
National
| Outstanding | 11% | 12% | 0 |
| Good | 70% | 68% | +3 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 11% | 15% | -3 |
| Inadequate | 7% | 6% | +1 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 120 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Michelle Spruce's reports read more critical than others with the same grade (warmer than 20% of inspectors).
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- Tone vs peers
- −7
- Length
- −3%
- Next steps
- 4.2
- per report
- Hedged
- 3%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Staff development 67%Care & placements 65%Records & policies 64%Behaviour 60%Leadership & governance 60%Progress & outcomes 58%Health & safety 53%Safeguarding 33%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected129
Leadership and management106
All inspections (253)
- Assurance
- RI to be good
- Walton Hall9 Nov 2023 ·Residential Special School· Staffordshire· very positive tone· Michelle Spruce, Mark DickinsonOutstanding
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- Children's home run by Oracle Care Limited in Central Bedfordshire13 Jul 2023 ·Children's home· Central Bedfordshire· very critical tone· Michelle Spruce, Virginia VickersRI to be good
- Good
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- Cicely Haughton26 Jan 2023 ·Social care· Staffordshire Moorlands· very positive tone· James Tallis, Michelle SpruceOutstanding
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- Haberdashers Adams12 May 2022 ·Boarding School· Telford and Wrekin· mostly positive tone· Dave Carrigan, Dean Wilton, Michelle SpruceGood
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- Walton Hall9 Dec 2021 ·Residential Special School· Staffordshire· very positive tone· Dave Carrigan, Michelle SpruceGood
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- Loxley Hall27 Feb 2020 ·Residential Special School· Staffordshire· very positive tone· Jo Stephenson, Michelle SpruceOutstanding
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- Penn Hall School7 Nov 2019 ·Residential Special School· Wolverhampton· positive tone· Michelle Spruce, Alison CooperGood
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- Children's home run by Sunfield Children’s Homes Limited in Bromsgrove9 Oct 2019 ·Children's home· Bromsgrove· mostly positive tone· Dawn Bennett, Matt Hedges, Michelle SpruceInspection
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- Good
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- Horton Lodge24 Jan 2019 ·Residential Special School· Staffordshire· very positive tone· Dave Carrigan, Michelle SpruceOutstanding
- RI to be good
- Good
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- Outstanding
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- Good
- Children's Home run by Future In Mind Limited in Staffordshire11 Jan 2018 ·Children's Home· Staffordshire· positive tone· Michelle Spruce, Sarah Junor-FitzpatrickGood
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- Lower Roach End Farm26 Mar 2014 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Staffordshire· mostly positive tone· Michelle SpruceInspection
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