Ofsted Inspector
Sam O’Brien
Active in published reports from Jul 2023 to Jun 2025.
Inspections
18
As lead
0
0% of visits
Last 12 months
0
Remits
1
Schools & FE 18
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Schools & FE10 graded by Sam
Sam
National
| Outstanding | 10% | 10% | 0 |
| Good | 80% | 66% | +14 |
| Requires improvement | 10% | 19% | -9 |
| Inadequate | 0% | 5% | -5 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 10 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Sam O’Brien's reports read in line with others with the same grade (warmer than 86% of inspectors).
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- Tone vs peers
- +5
- Length
- +2%
- Next steps
- 3.3
- per report
- Hedged
- 8%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Leadership & governance 100%Reading & phonics 100%SEND & inclusion 94%Curriculum 89%Teaching & assessment 89%Behaviour 78%Progress & outcomes 61%Communication & language 44%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Behaviour and attitudes16
Early years15
Leadership and management16
Personal development16
Quality of education16
All inspections (18)
- Outstanding
- Ungraded inspection
- Kingswood Parks Primary School26 Mar 2025 ·Academy sponsor led· Kingston upon Hull, City of· very positive tone· Andrew Gibbins, Sam O’BrienUngraded inspection
- West Road Primary Academy5 Feb 2025 ·Academy converter· Doncaster· very positive tone· Zoe Helman, Paul Higginbottom, Sam O’BrienGood
- Bramhope Primary School27 Nov 2024 ·Academy converter· Leeds· very positive tone· Gill McCleave, Emmeline Ford, Sam O’BrienOutstanding
- Good
- Ossett Holy Trinity CofE VA Primary School23 Oct 2024 ·Voluntary aided school· Wakefield· positive tone· Andrew Yeomans, Sam O’Brien, Sinead FoxGood
- Willow Tree Community Primary School2 Oct 2024 ·Academy converter· North Yorkshire· positive tone· Chris Sergeant, Rowena Sykes, Sam O’BrienGood
- Beck Primary School11 Jul 2024 ·Academy converter· Sheffield· very positive tone· Ian Hardman, Anne Maingay, David Roundtree +3Good
- St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School22 May 2024 ·Voluntary aided school· Kingston upon Hull, City of· mostly positive tone· Chris Sergeant, Alison Oxtoby, Jonathan Glazzard +1Requires improvement
- Worsbrough Common Primary School1 May 2024 ·Academy converter· Barnsley· positive tone· Philippa Kermotschuk, Nicola Witham, Sam O’BrienGood
- Good
- Good
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School, Leeds23 Nov 2023 ·Voluntary aided school· Leeds· very positive tone· David Bailey, Matthew Harrington, Sam O’BrienOutstanding
- Terrington Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School16 Nov 2023 ·Voluntary aided school· North Yorkshire· very positive tone· Paul Martindale, Sam O’BrienGood
- Walkley Primary School8 Nov 2023 ·Community school· Sheffield· very positive tone· Zoe Helman, Andrew Crossley, Sam O’BrienGood
- St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School12 Oct 2023 ·Voluntary controlled school· York· mostly positive tone· Alison Stephenson, Sam O’BrienGood
- Good
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