Additional Inspector
Neil Strowger
Active in published reports from Oct 2014 to Sept 2026.
Inspections
35
As lead
1
3% of visits
Last 12 months
4
Remits
1
Schools & FE 35
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Schools & FE9 graded by Neil
Neil
National
| Outstanding | 22% | 10% | +12 |
| Good | 56% | 66% | -10 |
| Requires improvement | 11% | 19% | -8 |
| Inadequate | 11% | 5% | +6 |
Small sample: fewer than 10 graded inspections, so differences mean little.
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 20 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Neil Strowger's reports read more critical than others with the same grade (warmer than 23% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- −6
- Length
- +1%
- Next steps
- 3.4
- per report
- Hedged
- 10%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Curriculum 100%Leadership & governance 100%Behaviour 91%Teaching & assessment 86%Progress & outcomes 71%SEND & inclusion 69%Personal development 51%Safeguarding 40%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
16 to 19 study programmes5
Achievement4
Attendance and behaviour4
Behaviour and attitudes17
Curriculum and teaching4
Early years1
Inclusion4
Leadership and governance4
Leadership and management25
Outcomes7
Personal development17
Personal development and wellbeing4
Personal development, behaviour and welfare7
Post 16 provision2
Quality of education17
Sixth form1
Teaching, learning and assessment7
All inspections (35)
- Christ's College, Guildford15 Sept 2026 ·Academy converter· Surrey· positive tone· Rachel Russell, David Stevenson, Neil Strowger +1lowestNeeds attention
- Court Moor School7 Jul 2026 ·Community school· Hampshire· very positive tone· Louise New, Amy Newman, Carl McCarthy +2lowestStrong
- Furze Platt Senior School10 Mar 2026 ·Academy converter· Windsor and Maidenhead· very positive tone· Tash Hurtado, Amy Newman Newman, Darren Aisthorpe +3lowestExpected
- St Simon Stock Catholic School13 Jan 2026 ·Academy converter· Kent· very positive tone· Stephen Cattell, Neil Strowger, Nicholas Simmonds +2lowestExpected
- Good
- Brookfield Community School12 Mar 2025 ·Community school· Hampshire· very positive tone· Paul Metcalf, Adrian Percival, Julie Summerfield +2Good
- Aureus School23 Oct 2024 ·Academy sponsor led· Oxfordshire· mostly positive tone· Kathryn Moles, Jane Cartwright, Neil StrowgerGood
- The Downs School2 Oct 2024 ·Foundation school· West Berkshire· very positive tone· Linda Culling, Alexandra Aldridge-Gibbons, Andy Johnson +2Outstanding
- Bitterne Park School9 May 2024 ·Foundation school· Southampton· positive tone· Catherine Old, Julia Mortimore, Mike Serridge +2Good
- Inspection
- Trinity School8 Feb 2024 ·Academy converter· West Berkshire· positive tone· Mary Davies, Neil Strowger, Paul JamesInspection
- Good
- Waingels7 Jun 2023 ·Academy converter· Wokingham· positive tone· Julie Summerfield, Jane Cartwright, Neil StrowgerInspection
- Inspection
- St Paul's Catholic College1 Mar 2023 ·Academy converter· West Sussex· very positive tone· Nina Marabese, Adrian Percival, Anne Cullum +2Outstanding
- Ringwood School Academy16 Nov 2022 ·Academy converter· Hampshire· positive tone· Julie Summerfield, Eliot Hodges, Neil StrowgerInspection
- Aylesbury Grammar School3 Nov 2022 ·Academy converter· Buckinghamshire· very positive tone· Linda Culling, Jane Cartwright, Laurie Anderson +2Outstanding
- Varndean School6 Oct 2022 ·Community school· Brighton and Hove· very positive tone· Keith Pailthorpe, Andy Platt, Ginny Rhodes +2Good
- Requires improvement
- Rainham Mark Grammar School25 May 2022 ·Academy converter· Medway· positive tone· Chris Ellison, Mark Roessler, Mike Serridge +2Good
- Inadequate
- King Alfred's9 Mar 2022 ·Academy converter· Oxfordshire· mostly positive tone· Yasmin Maskatiya, Christopher Doherty, Michelle Lower +2Good
- St Bartholomew's School20 Oct 2021 ·Academy converter· West Berkshire· positive tone· Aimee Floyd, Beverley Murtagh, James Rouse +2Outstanding
- Oasis Academy Lord's Hill27 Feb 2020 ·Academy sponsor led· Southampton· mostly positive tone· Paula Sargent, Neil Strowger, Paul McKeown +1Requires improvement
- Howard of Effingham School4 Dec 2019 ·Academy converter· Surrey· positive tone· Dylan Davies, Andrew Foster, Colin Lankester +2Good
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- Cams Hill School23 Oct 2019 ·Academy converter· Hampshire· mostly positive tone· Dylan Davies, Anne Turner, Karen Roche +2Good
- The Burgate School and Sixth Form22 May 2019 ·Academy converter· Hampshire· very positive tone· Mark Bagust, Christopher Doherty, Neil Strowger +1Good
- Matthew Arnold School14 Nov 2018 ·Academy converter· Oxfordshire· very positive tone· Harry Ingham, John Burridge, Neil Strowger +2Good
- The Littlehampton Academy25 Apr 2018 ·Academy sponsor led· West Sussex· mostly positive tone· Kathryn Moles, Anne Turner, Keith Pailthorpe +2Requires improvement
- Sandhurst School22 Nov 2017 ·Community school· Bracknell Forest· positive tone· Caroline Walshe, Catherine Davies, Ian Tustian +3Good
- St Paul's Catholic College1 Nov 2017 ·Voluntary aided school· Surrey· very positive tone· Karen Roche, Ann Fearon, James Rouse +4Outstanding
- Ormiston Six Villages Academy14 Sept 2017 ·Academy sponsor led· West Sussex· positive tone· Paula Sargent, Keith Pailthorpe, Neil StrowgerGood
- Inadequate
- St Augustine Academy2 Oct 2014 ·Academy sponsor led· Kent· positive tone· David Smith, Janice Williams, Neil Strowger +1Good
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