Social Care Inspector
Sally Griffiths
Active in published reports from Mar 2023 to Jul 2026.
Inspections
73
As lead
54
74% of visits
Last 12 months
6
Remits
1
Social care 73
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care50 graded by Sally
Sally
National
| Outstanding | 12% | 12% | +0 |
| Good | 38% | 68% | -30 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 22% | 15% | +7 |
| Inadequate | 28% | 6% | +22 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 50 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Sally Griffiths's reports read in line with others with the same grade (warmer than 27% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- −6
- Length
- −3%
- Next steps
- 5.1
- per report
- Hedged
- 4%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Leadership & governance 81%Staff development 74%Records & policies 67%Safeguarding 62%Progress & outcomes 60%Behaviour 58%Care & placements 55%Health & safety 52%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected48
Leadership and management52
All inspections (73)
- Oak House New Spring Residential Centre8 Jul 2026 ·Residential Family Centre· Lancashire· mostly positive tone· Sally Griffiths, Shauna MorleyGood
- Monitoring visit
- Inadequate
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- Inadequate
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Children's Home run by Pinnacle Care Provisions Ltd in Lancashire25 Oct 2024 ·Children's Home· Lancashire· very critical tone· Nicola Rutherford, Judith Birchall, Sally GriffithsInadequate
- National Fostering Agency17 Oct 2024 ·Independent Fostering Services· Warrington· mostly positive tone· Dawn Walker, Nicola Shaw, Sally Griffiths +1Good
- Phoenix Family Care Limited7 Oct 2024 ·Residential Family Centre· Blackburn with Darwen· very critical tone· Sally Griffiths, Leanne CarrInadequate
- Monitoring visit
- Children's Home run by Appletree Treatment Centre Limited in Westmorland and Furness29 Aug 2024 ·Children's Home· Westmorland and Furness· very critical tone· Sally Griffiths, Lisa Summers, Sally CroftInadequate
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Good
- Inadequate
- Assurance
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Kedleston (Wings Education) Limited in Westmorland and Furness28 Jun 2024 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Westmorland and Furness· mixed tone· James Meeks, Sally GriffithsMonitoring visit
- Outstanding
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Kedleston (Wings Education) Limited in Westmorland and Furness10 Jun 2024 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Westmorland and Furness· critical tone· Sally Griffiths, Donna Ryan, James MeeksMonitoring visit
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Kedleston (Wings Education) Limited in Westmorland and Furness31 May 2024 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Westmorland and Furness· critical tone· Sally Griffiths, Donna Ryan, James MeeksInadequate
- Good
Show all 73 inspections
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- Children's Home run by iMap Centre Limited in Cheshire West and Chester6 Mar 2024 ·Children's Home· Cheshire West and Chester· mostly positive tone· Kerri Lynch, Sally GriffithsGood
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Assurance
- RI to be good
- Good
- Assurance
- Children's Home run by iMap Centre Limited in Cheshire West and Chester19 Dec 2023 ·Children's Home· Cheshire West and Chester· critical tone· Sally Griffiths, Kerri LynchMonitoring visit
- Inadequate
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Good
- Children's Home run by iMap Centre Limited in Cheshire West and Chester15 Nov 2023 ·Children's Home· Cheshire West and Chester· very critical tone· Kerri Lynch, Sally GriffithsInadequate
- Children's Home run by iMapcentre Limited in Cheshire West and Chester8 Nov 2023 ·Children's Home· Cheshire West and Chester· very critical tone· Kerri Lynch, Sally GriffithsMonitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Inadequate
- RI to be good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Inadequate
- Good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Inadequate
- Outstanding
- Inadequate
- Inadequate
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Inadequate
- Good
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