Ofsted Inspector
Sharon Cliff
Active in published reports from May 2023 to Jul 2026.
Inspections
19
As lead
0
0% of visits
Last 12 months
7
Remits
1
Schools & FE 19
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Schools & FE10 graded by Sharon
Sharon
National
| Outstanding | 0% | 10% | -10 |
| Good | 90% | 66% | +24 |
| 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.
Sharon Cliff's reports read warmer than others with the same grade (warmer than 91% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- +9
- Length
- −2%
- Next steps
- 4.7
- per report
- Hedged
- 9%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Curriculum 100%Reading & phonics 95%SEND & inclusion 89%Teaching & assessment 89%Leadership & governance 84%Behaviour 79%Progress & outcomes 74%Maths 47%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Achievement7
Attendance and behaviour7
Behaviour and attitudes12
Curriculum and teaching7
Early years19
Inclusion7
Leadership and governance7
Leadership and management12
Personal development12
Personal development and wellbeing7
Quality of education12
All inspections (19)
- lowestExpected
- Scotby CofE Primary School23 Jun 2026 ·Foundation school· Cumberland· very positive tone· Mark Hazzard, Neil Dixon, Sharon ClifflowestExpected
- lowestExpected
- Brook Street Primary School28 Apr 2026 ·Community school· Cumberland· mostly positive tone· Andy Beattie, Cleone Cunningham, Sharon ClifflowestNeeds attention
- Lindal and Marton Primary School14 Apr 2026 ·Academy converter· Westmorland and Furness· mostly positive tone· Mark Hazzard, Sharon ClifflowestNeeds attention
- Yanwath Primary School24 Mar 2026 ·Academy sponsor led· Westmorland and Furness· very positive tone· Liz Dayton, Amanda Whittingham, Sharon ClifflowestExpected
- St Michael's Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy20 Jan 2026 ·Academy sponsor led· Bury· very positive tone· Sheena Clark, Jonny Foster-Carr, Sharon ClifflowestNeeds attention
- Good
- Broughton-in-Amounderness Church of England Primary School20 Nov 2024 ·Voluntary aided school· Lancashire· very positive tone· Sue Dymond, Anna Carroll, Sharon CliffOutstanding
- St Barnabas and St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School3 Jul 2024 ·Voluntary aided school· Blackburn with Darwen· very positive tone· Julie Brown, Claire Hollister, Sharon CliffGood
- Good
- Good
- Good
- St Herbert's CofE (VA) Primary and Nursery School22 Feb 2024 ·Voluntary aided school· Cumberland· positive tone· Liz Dayton, Lindy Griffiths, Sharon CliffGood
- St John Vianney's Catholic Primary School22 Nov 2023 ·Voluntary aided school· Blackpool· positive tone· Claire Cropper, Cleo Cunningham, Sharon CliffGood
- Great Harwood St John's Church of England Primary School27 Sept 2023 ·Voluntary aided school· Lancashire· very positive tone· Sarah Barraclough, Sharon CliffGood
- Halsnead Primary School4 Jul 2023 ·Academy converter· Knowsley· positive tone· Ruth Moran, David Robinson, Graeme Rudland +1Good
- Requires improvement
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Middleton24 May 2023 ·Voluntary aided school· Rochdale· positive tone· Stuart Perkins, Katie Hague, Sharon CliffGood
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