Ofsted Inspector
Peter Whear
Active in published reports from Jan 2016 to Mar 2025.
Inspections
48
As lead
21
44% of visits
Last 12 months
0
Remits
2
Schools & FE 47 · Other 1
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Schools & FE10 graded by Peter
Peter
National
| Outstanding | 0% | 10% | -10 |
| Good | 90% | 66% | +24 |
| Requires improvement | 10% | 19% | -9 |
| Inadequate | 0% | 5% | -5 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 38 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Peter Whear's reports read in line with others with the same grade (warmer than 65% of inspectors).
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- Tone vs peers
- +1
- Length
- −1%
- Next steps
- 4.7
- per report
- Hedged
- 10%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Leadership & governance 100%Curriculum 100%Teaching & assessment 98%Behaviour 92%Progress & outcomes 79%Personal development 63%Maths 48%SEND & inclusion 42%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
16 to 19 study programmes9
Behaviour and attitudes15
Early years2
Leadership and management40
Outcomes24
Personal development15
Personal development, behaviour and welfare25
Quality of education15
Sixth form2
Teaching, learning and assessment25
All inspections (48)
- Good
- Benjamin Britten Academy of Music and Mathematics22 Jan 2025 ·Academy sponsor led· Suffolk· very positive tone· Peter Whear, Andrew Robinson, Brenda Watson +2Good
- Good
- Lift Clacton12 Jun 2024 ·Academy sponsor led· Essex· very positive tone· Peter Whear, Alastair Ogle, James Shapland +2Good
- Chantry Academy1 May 2024 ·Academy sponsor led· Suffolk· positive tone· Peter Whear, Diana Fletcher, Michael Skelly +1Good
- The Netherhall School6 Mar 2024 ·Academy sponsor led· Cambridgeshire· positive tone· Peter Whear, Clare Gammons, Joe CreswickInspection
- Vandyke Upper School24 Jan 2024 ·Academy converter· Central Bedfordshire· positive tone· Peter Whear, Catherine Wilson, Sue PryorInspection
- Good
- Good
- Hampton College28 Jun 2023 ·Academy converter· Peterborough· mostly positive tone· Lynne Williams, Amy Luu, Fiona Webb +2Good
- Sawston Village College5 May 2023 ·Academy converter· Cambridgeshire· positive tone· Peter Whear, Caroline Dawes, Claire RobinsInspection
- Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School17 Mar 2023 ·Academy converter· Essex· very positive tone· Charlie Fordham, Peter Whear, Andrew Hemmings +5Good
- Stanborough School19 Jan 2023 ·Academy converter· Hertfordshire· positive tone· James Chester, Cathy Barr, Peter Whear +2Good
- Inspection
- Cliff Park Ormiston Academy12 Oct 2022 ·Academy sponsor led· Norfolk· mostly positive tone· Charlie Fordham, Katherine Douglas, Peter Whear +1Requires improvement
- Samuel Ryder Academy30 Jun 2022 ·Academy sponsor led· Hertfordshire· very positive tone· Damian Loneragan, David Piercy, Kristian Hewitt +2Good
- Hampton Gardens Secondary School3 Nov 2021 ·Free schools· Peterborough· mostly positive tone· Paul Wilson, John Craig, Peter Whear +1Good
- Requires improvement
- Bushey Meads School13 Nov 2019 ·Academy converter· Hertfordshire· positive tone· Al Mistrano, Carole Herman, Lynn Ayling +2Good
- Inspection
- Birchwood High School28 Jun 2019 ·Academy converter· Hertfordshire· positive tone· Paul Lawrence, Brenda Watson, Peter Whear +2Good
- Coleridge Community College9 May 2019 ·Academy converter· Cambridgeshire· positive tone· John Daniell, Brenda Watson, Peter WhearGood
- St Richard Reynolds Catholic High School28 Mar 2019 ·Voluntary aided school· Richmond upon Thames· very positive tone· Peter Whear, Fiona Abankwah, James Whiting +3Outstanding
- Ipswich Academy6 Mar 2019 ·Academy sponsor led· Suffolk· positive tone· Peter Whear, Kathryn Herlock, Lesley Daniel +1Good
- The FitzWimarc School23 Jan 2019 ·Academy converter· Essex· mostly positive tone· John Mitcheson, Brenda Watson, Caroline Pardy +2Requires improvement
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- Bury St Edmunds County High School17 Jan 2019 ·Academy converter· Suffolk· positive tone· Jason Howard, Al Mistrano, Diana Fletcher +4Inadequate
- Good
- Requires improvement
- Good
- Passmores Academy10 May 2018 ·Academy converter· Essex· very positive tone· Peter Whear, James Dyke, Katrina Lambert +2Good
- Brooklands Middle School2 May 2018 ·Academy converter· Central Bedfordshire· positive tone· Peter Whear, Kathryn Herlock, Paul O’SheaGood
- Good
- Chase High School16 Mar 2018 ·Academy sponsor led· Southend-on-Sea· mostly positive tone· Peter Whear, Dan Leonard, Lynn Ayling +1Requires improvement
- Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy9 Mar 2018 ·Academy sponsor led· Suffolk· mostly positive tone· Georgina Atkinson, Alison Dominey, Carole Herman +1Requires improvement
- Requires improvement
- St Helena School13 Dec 2017 ·Academy converter· Essex· very positive tone· Diana Osagie, Gwyneth Gibson, Lynn Ayling +1Good
- Etonbury Academy17 Nov 2017 ·Academy converter· Central Bedfordshire· mostly positive tone· Peter Whear, Ceri Evans, David Piercy +1Requires improvement
- St Albans Independent College18 May 2017 ·Other independent school· Hertfordshire· very positive tone· Stefanie Lipinski-Barltrop, Peter WhearGood
- Lycee International de Londres26 Jan 2017 ·Other independent school· Brent· positive tone· David Radomsky, Claire Majumdar, Dennis Canty +2Requires improvement
- Cromer Academy8 Dec 2016 ·Academy converter· Norfolk· very positive tone· Christine Dick, John Wilson, Peter Whear +1Good
- Soham Village College7 Dec 2016 ·Academy converter· Cambridgeshire· positive tone· John Randall, Cathy Tooze, Jenny Carpenter +2Good
- Requires improvement
- Lift Tendring3 Mar 2016 ·Academy converter· Essex· very positive tone· Richard Spencer, Cecelia Moore, Georgina Atkinson +5Good
- Abbey College, Ramsey24 Feb 2016 ·Academy converter· Cambridgeshire· mostly positive tone· Caroline Pardy, Alison Dominey, Caroline Dawes +4Requires improvement
- Woking High School11 Feb 2016 ·Foundation school· Surrey· positive tone· Theresa Phillips, Beverley Murtagh, Charles Joseph +4Good
- Farnham Heath End School10 Feb 2016 ·Academy converter· Surrey· mostly positive tone· Seamus Murphy, Adam Mirams, Helen Bailey +3Requires improvement
- St John Payne Catholic School, Chelmsford13 Jan 2016 ·Voluntary aided school· Essex· positive tone· John Mitcheson, Edwin Powell, Kathryn Herlock +3Good
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