Social Care Inspector
Sarah Canto
Active in published reports from Aug 2015 to Nov 2025.
Inspections
149
As lead
126
85% of visits
Last 12 months
1
Remits
2
Other 10 · Social care 139
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care6 graded by Sarah
Sarah
National
| Outstanding | 50% | 31% | +19 |
| Good | 50% | 58% | -8 |
| Inadequate | 0% | 11% | -11 |
Small sample: fewer than 10 graded inspections, so differences mean little.
Social care15 graded by Sarah
Sarah
National
| Outstanding | 20% | 12% | +8 |
| Good | 47% | 68% | -21 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 27% | 15% | +12 |
| Inadequate | 7% | 6% | +1 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 63 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Sarah Canto's reports read in line with others with the same grade (warmer than 55% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- −1
- Length
- +6%
- Next steps
- 5.1
- per report
- Hedged
- 6%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Progress & outcomes 79%Leadership & governance 79%Staff development 74%Records & policies 61%Parents & families 58%Safeguarding 57%Care & placements 50%Teaching & assessment 40%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected62
Leadership and management52
All inspections (149)
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- Outstanding
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- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
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- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
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- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
Show all 149 inspections
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- Fusion Fostering South West11 Mar 2020 ·Independent Fostering Services· Somerset· mostly positive tone· Linda Bond, Sarah CantoGood
- Inspection
- RI to be good
- Inspection
- Good
- Inspection
- Good
- Assurance
- True Fostering Limited10 Oct 2019 ·Independent Fostering Services· Gloucestershire· critical tone· Sarah Canto, Anna GravelleGood
- RI to be good
- Assurance
- Good
- RI to be good
- Assurance
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Good
- Inadequate
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
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- Outstanding
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- Good
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- Outstanding
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- Inadequate
- Good
- Assurance
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Assurance
- Inspection
- Inadequate
- Inspection
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
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- Good
- Interim
- Interim
- Interim
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- Interim
- Interim
- Report
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Children's home run by Tumblewood Project Limited in Wiltshire27 Sept 2016 ·Children's home· Wiltshire· critical tone· Sarah Canto, Christina Maddison, Steve LoweInadequate
- Good
- Inadequate
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Report
- Interim
- Interim
- Interim
- Interim
- Inadequate
- Good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Cotswold Chine School in Gloucestershire19 Jan 2016 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Gloucestershire· critical tone· Jennifer Reed, Nicola Lownds, Sarah CantoRI to be good
- Interim
- Interim
- Report
- Good
- Inadequate
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Cotswold Chine School in Gloucestershire14 Oct 2015 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Gloucestershire· critical tone· Paula Lahey, Chris Golbourn, Sarah CantoInadequate
- Inadequate
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- Assurance
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- Families for Children Adoption Agency— ·Voluntary Adoption Agency, Domestic and inter-country adoption· Devon· very positive tone· Heather Chaplin, Sarah CantoOutstanding
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- Good
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- Inadequate
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