Social Care Inspector
Sam Baird
Active in published reports from Mar 2026 to Sept 2026.
Inspections
18
As lead
10
56% of visits
Last 12 months
18
Remits
1
Social care 18
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care17 graded by Sam
Sam
National
| Outstanding | 6% | 12% | -6 |
| Good | 53% | 68% | -15 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 41% | 15% | +26 |
| Inadequate | 0% | 6% | -6 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 16 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Sam Baird's reports read more critical than others with the same grade (warmer than 18% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- −8
- Length
- −4%
- Next steps
- 5.3
- per report
- Hedged
- 3%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Staff development 100%Leadership & governance 100%Progress & outcomes 89%Records & policies 72%Safeguarding 61%Teaching & assessment 56%Care & placements 50%Health & safety 50%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected17
Leadership and management17
All inspections (18)
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
Where they've inspected
Often inspects with
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