Social Care Inspector
Sally Mitchell
Active in published reports from Nov 2022 to Mar 2026.
Inspections
101
As lead
75
74% of visits
Last 12 months
12
Remits
1
Social care 101
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care85 graded by Sally
Sally
National
| Outstanding | 19% | 12% | +7 |
| Good | 71% | 68% | +3 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 7% | 15% | -8 |
| Inadequate | 4% | 6% | -2 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 85 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Sally Mitchell's reports read in line with others with the same grade (warmer than 85% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- +5
- Length
- −13%
- Next steps
- 3.4
- per report
- Hedged
- 2%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Leadership & governance 82%Staff development 82%Progress & outcomes 77%Behaviour 59%Records & policies 56%Safeguarding 55%Care & placements 49%Teaching & assessment 43%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected85
Leadership and management85
All inspections (101)
- Children's Home run by Aspris Care North West Limited in Rochdale27 Mar 2026 ·Children's Home· Rochdale· very critical tone· Shaun Martin, Sally Mitchell, Sarah ProbertInadequate
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Good
- Assurance
- Children's home run by Halliwell Homes Limited in Staffordshire Moorlands3 Dec 2025 ·Children's home· Staffordshire Moorlands· very positive tone· Sally Mitchell, Julia EdwardsGood
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Children's home run by Halliwell Homes Limited in Staffordshire Moorlands17 Sept 2025 ·Children's home· Staffordshire Moorlands· mostly positive tone· Sally Mitchell, Gareth DakinGood
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
Show all 101 inspections
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- Children's home run by Halliwell Homes Limited in Staffordshire Moorlands12 Mar 2025 ·Children's home· Staffordshire Moorlands· very positive tone· Sally Mitchell, Charlie BamberOutstanding
- Assurance
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Children's home run by Halliwell Homes Limited in Staffordshire Moorlands4 Dec 2024 ·Children's home· Staffordshire Moorlands· very positive tone· Mathew Morris-Jones, Sally MitchellOutstanding
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Children's home run by Halliwell Homes Limited in Staffordshire Moorlands11 Jul 2024 ·Children's home· Staffordshire Moorlands· positive tone· Paulette Forbes, Sally MitchellGood
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Children's Home run by Continuum Support - Care Services Limited in Cheshire West and Chester5 Jun 2024 ·Children's Home· Cheshire West and Chester· mostly positive tone· Sally Mitchell, Angeline ClarkeGood
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Monitoring visit
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Good
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- Good
- Children's home run by Halliwell Homes Limited in Staffordshire Moorlands13 Sept 2023 ·Children's home· Staffordshire Moorlands· positive tone· Katie Tomlinson, Sally MitchellGood
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Children's home run by Halliwell Homes Limited in Staffordshire Moorlands26 Jul 2023 ·Children's home· Staffordshire Moorlands· very critical tone· Cathy Wilkins, Sally MitchellInadequate
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Good
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Inadequate
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