Ofsted Inspector
Rachel Cave
Active in published reports from Dec 2018 to May 2026.
Inspections
13
As lead
1
8% of visits
Last 12 months
5
Remits
1
Schools & FE 13
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
No overall grades yet. Report-card inspections are graded per area, shown below.
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 7 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Rachel Cave's reports read in line with others with the same grade (warmer than 83% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- +4
- Length
- +8%
- Next steps
- 4.7
- per report
- Hedged
- 7%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Leadership & governance 100%Teaching & assessment 100%Behaviour 100%Curriculum 100%Progress & outcomes 92%SEND & inclusion 85%Attendance 62%Personal development 38%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
16 to 19 study programmes1
Achievement5
Attendance and behaviour5
Behaviour and attitudes3
Curriculum and teaching5
Inclusion5
Leadership and governance5
Leadership and management8
Outcomes5
Personal development3
Personal development and wellbeing5
Personal development, behaviour and welfare5
Post 16 provision4
Quality of education3
Teaching, learning and assessment5
All inspections (13)
- St Crispin's School6 May 2026 ·Academy converter· Wokingham· very positive tone· Matthew Newberry, Julia Mortimore, Louise Walker +4lowestExpected
- Fullbrook School14 Apr 2026 ·Academy converter· Surrey· very positive tone· Stephen Cattell, Amy Newman Newman, Cathy Reid +2lowestExpected
- The Cottesloe School17 Mar 2026 ·Foundation school· Buckinghamshire· very positive tone· Stephen Cattell, Andrew Morrison, Rachel Cave +2lowestExpected
- The Costello School10 Feb 2026 ·Academy converter· Hampshire· positive tone· Stephen Cattell, Clive Dunn, Marieke Forster +2lowestExpected
- St Simon Stock Catholic School13 Jan 2026 ·Academy converter· Kent· very positive tone· Stephen Cattell, Neil Strowger, Nicholas Simmonds +2lowestExpected
- Beechwood School30 Apr 2025 ·Academy converter· Slough· mostly positive tone· Alexandra Aldridge-Gibbons, Andrew Morrison, Mark Marande +1Good
- Good
- St Mary's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy9 Oct 2019 ·Academy sponsor led· Wirral· positive tone· Ahmed Marikar, Elizabeth Haddock, Nell Banfield +1Requires improvement
- Dixons Ashton Academy26 Jun 2019 ·Academy sponsor led· Tameside· positive tone· Helen O’Neill, Annette Patterson, Colin Bell +3Requires improvement
- Wilmslow High School9 May 2019 ·Community school· Cheshire East· positive tone· Zarina Connolly, Ahmed Marikar, Colin Bell +3Good
- Parrenthorn High School25 Apr 2019 ·Community school· Bury· mostly positive tone· Jonathan Smart, Allan Torr, David Hampson +3Requires improvement
- Corpus Christi Catholic High School28 Feb 2019 ·Voluntary aided school· Lancashire· positive tone· Emma Gregory, Annette Patterson, Deborah Bailey +1Good
- The Oaks Academy13 Dec 2018 ·Academy sponsor led· Cheshire East· critical tone· Stephen Ruddy, Rachel Cave, Sheldon LogueInadequate
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