Social Care Inspector
Paula Edwards
Active in published reports from Jul 2019 to Dec 2024.
Inspections
99
As lead
80
81% of visits
Last 12 months
0
Remits
1
Social care 99
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care46 graded by Paula
Paula
National
| Outstanding | 13% | 12% | +1 |
| Good | 65% | 68% | -3 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 20% | 15% | +5 |
| Inadequate | 2% | 6% | -3 |
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.
Paula Edwards's reports read in line with others with the same grade (warmer than 44% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- −3
- Length
- +9%
- Next steps
- 6.4
- per report
- Hedged
- 4%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Staff development 77%Leadership & governance 69%Teaching & assessment 67%Records & policies 59%Health & safety 55%Safeguarding 55%Behaviour 48%Parents & families 45%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected66
Leadership and management66
All inspections (99)
- St. Christopher's Fostering6 Dec 2024 ·Independent Fostering Services· Hertfordshire· positive tone· Rebecca Hannell, Paula EdwardsGood
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Assurance
- Beams Foster Care and Family Service Ltd9 Feb 2024 ·Independent Fostering Services· Norfolk· very positive tone· Trish Palmer, Paula EdwardsOutstanding
- National Fostering Agency26 Jan 2024 ·Independent Fostering Services· Suffolk· very positive tone· Paula Edwards, Mary Costello, Trish PalmerGood
- Brighter Futures Fostercare8 Dec 2023 ·Independent Fostering Services· Essex· very positive tone· Paula Edwards, Mary Costello, Trish PalmerOutstanding
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Outstanding
- Assurance
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Inadequate
- Outstanding
- Good
- Assurance
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- Good
- Good
- Oak Fostering Ltd13 Jan 2023 ·Independent Fostering Services· Central Bedfordshire· very positive tone· Paula EdwardsOutstanding
- Children's Home run by Cambian Childcare Limited in Cambridgeshire14 Dec 2022 ·Children's Home· Cambridgeshire· positive tone· Jamie Cousins, Mary Costello, Paula EdwardsGood
- Nexus Fostering9 Dec 2022 ·Social care· Harrow· very positive tone· Sandra Jacobs-Walls, Claire Beckingham, Paula Edwards +1Outstanding
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Foster Care Associates Eastern26 Aug 2022 ·Social care· Tendring· mostly positive tone· Rosie Davie, Margaret Burke, Paula EdwardsGood
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Inspection
- Fostering Hearts Limited18 Feb 2022 ·Independent Fostering Services· Essex· mostly positive tone· Paula Edwards, Laraine EdmondsonGood
- Inspection
- Foster Care Associates North West28 Jan 2022 ·Independent Fostering Services· Lancashire· mostly positive tone· Paula Edwards, Dawn Parton, Mandy Williams +1Good
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Little Acorns Fostering18 Jun 2021 ·Independent Fostering Services· Suffolk· mostly positive tone· Paula Edwards, Angela WestonGood
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Break Fostering Service14 May 2021 ·Independent Fostering Services· Norfolk· mostly positive tone· Clive Lucas, Paula EdwardsGood
- Safehouses29 Apr 2021 ·Independent Fostering Services· Norfolk· mostly positive tone· Clive Lucas, Paula EdwardsGood
- Good
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by St Elizabeth’s Centre in Hertfordshire22 Mar 2021 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Hertfordshire· mixed tone· Natalie Burton, Amy Miles, Paula EdwardsMonitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- Assurance
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