Social Care Inspector
Simon Hunter
Active in published reports from May 2017 to Sept 2026.
Inspections
357
As lead
316
89% of visits
Last 12 months
26
Remits
3
Social care 189 · Schools & FE 137 · Other 31
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Schools & FE17 graded by Simon
Simon
National
| Outstanding | 18% | 10% | +7 |
| Good | 65% | 66% | -1 |
| Requires improvement | 12% | 19% | -8 |
| Inadequate | 6% | 5% | +1 |
Social care117 graded by Simon
Simon
National
| Outstanding | 16% | 12% | +5 |
| Good | 69% | 68% | +1 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 12% | 15% | -3 |
| Inadequate | 3% | 6% | -3 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 238 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Simon Hunter's reports read in line with others with the same grade (warmer than 58% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- −0
- Length
- −7%
- Next steps
- 4.0
- per report
- Hedged
- 5%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Leadership & governance 87%Teaching & assessment 70%Staff development 59%Safeguarding 59%Progress & outcomes 57%Behaviour 50%Curriculum 45%Health & safety 42%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Behaviour and attitudes30
Early years45
Helped and protected146
Leadership and management205
Outcomes29
Personal development30
Personal development, behaviour and welfare29
Quality of education30
Teaching, learning and assessment29
All inspections (357)
- Children's Home run by Arnfield Care Limited in Derbyshire16 Sept 2026 ·Children's Home· Derbyshire· mostly positive tone· Becki Cornes-Sinclair, Simon HunterGood
- Good
- Green Frog Holidays20 Aug 2026 ·Residential holiday scheme for disabled children· Leicestershire· very positive tone· Simon HunterOutstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Children's Home run by GAC Family Services Limited in West Northamptonshire22 Apr 2026 ·Children's Home· West Northamptonshire· very positive tone· Simon Hunter, Theresa KambaniGood
- Good
- Assurance
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by The Senad Group Limited in Derbyshire19 Mar 2026 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Derbyshire· very positive tone· Simon HunterGood
- Assurance
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
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- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by The Senad Group Limited in Derbyshire1 Oct 2025 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Derbyshire· mostly positive tone· Simon Hunter, Eleanor Quanbrough, Zoey LeeGood
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Inadequate
- Children's Home run by Blossom Children’s Homes Limited in North Northamptonshire11 Jun 2025 ·Children's Home· North Northamptonshire· mostly positive tone· Simon Hunter, Chloe HarveyGood
- RI to be good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by SENAD Limited in Derby7 May 2025 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Derby· critical tone· Simon Hunter, Emma DacresRI to be good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Outstanding
- Children's Home run by Leicester City Council in Leicester29 Jan 2025 ·Children's Home· Leicester· mostly positive tone· Becky Thompson, Simon Hunter, Tazim AkhtarGood
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Assurance
- Outstanding
- Good
- Assurance
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by The Senad Group Limited in Derbyshire8 Nov 2024 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Derbyshire· very positive tone· Simon Hunter, Shaun CaplisOutstanding
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Good
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Sense, The National Deafblind And Rubella Association22 Aug 2024 ·Residential holiday scheme for disabled children· Islington· positive tone· Simon HunterGood
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Inadequate
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by The Senad Group Limited in Derbyshire29 Feb 2024 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Derbyshire· very positive tone· Simon HunterGood
- Outstanding
- Good
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Good
- Assurance
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by The Senad Group Limited in Derbyshire28 Nov 2023 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Derbyshire· positive tone· Lizette Watts, Simon HunterOutstanding
- Good
- Outstanding
- Assurance
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Kisimul Group Limited in Lincolnshire24 Nov 2022 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Lincolnshire· mixed tone· Simon Hunter, Linda Mason, Zoey LeeGood
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Kisimul Group Limited in Lincolnshire18 Nov 2022 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Lincolnshire· positive tone· Zoey Lee, Simon HunterGood
- Assurance
- Good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Cambian Autism Services Limited in West Northamptonshire3 Nov 2022 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· West Northamptonshire· mixed tone· Bev Allison, Simon HunterRI to be good
- Inspection
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Oundle School Mencap Holidays11 Aug 2022 ·Residential holiday scheme for disabled children· Peterborough· positive tone· Simon HunterOutstanding
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Inspection
- Inspection
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Inspection
- RI to be good
- Requires improvement
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Inadequate
- Good
- Birmingham City University19 May 2022 ·Initial Teacher Education· Birmingham· mixed tone· Andrea Dill-Russell, Elizabeth Stevens, Gillian Martin +9Report
- RI to be good
- Pioneers Partnership SCITT12 May 2022 ·Initial Teacher Education· Tameside· positive tone· Rachel Goodwin, Erica Sharman, Janette Walker +1Report
- St Mary's RC Primary School Manchester5 May 2022 ·Voluntary aided school· Manchester· very positive tone· Simon Hunter, Aleksandra Hartshorne, Joan WilliamsonOutstanding
- Good
- Inspection
- St Joseph and St Bede RC Primary School21 Apr 2022 ·Voluntary aided school· Bury· positive tone· Simon Hunter, Michelle Joyce, Sally AspinwallGood
- Good
- Tashbar of Manchester24 Mar 2022 ·Other independent school· Salford· mostly positive tone· Simon Hunter, Ian Young, Lindy GriffithsRequires improvement
- Good
- Inspection
- Good
- Westmorland School10 Mar 2022 ·Other independent special school· Lancashire· very positive tone· Julie Bather, Simon HunterOutstanding
- Good
- Good
- Expanse Learning Wigan School3 Mar 2022 ·Other independent special school· Wigan· very positive tone· Simon Hunter, Barbara DuttonGood
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Hopscotch Solutions Limited in Rutland23 Feb 2022 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Rutland· very positive tone· Bev Allison, Simon HunterOutstanding
- Inspection
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
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- Good
- Cambian Whinfell School4 Nov 2021 ·Other independent special school· Westmorland and Furness· very positive tone· Simon Hunter, Linda EmmettOutstanding
- RI to be good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Inspection
- Good
- Inspection
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Inspection
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Inspection
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Kisimul Group Limited in Lincolnshire25 Aug 2021 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Lincolnshire· mixed tone· Simon Hunter, Zoey LeeGood
- Inspection
- Inadequate
- Outstanding
- Inspection
- Inspection
- Good
- Lavender Field School1 Jul 2021 ·Other independent special school· Cheshire East· very positive tone· Simon Hunter, Adam SprostonGood
- Good
- Inspection
- Inadequate
- Liverpool Hope University17 Jun 2021 ·Initial Teacher Education· Liverpool· mixed tone· Alison Humphreys, Anne Seneviratne, John Nixon +8Report
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- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Kisimul Group Limited in Lincolnshire9 Jun 2021 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Lincolnshire· positive tone· Simon Hunter, Zoey LeeGood
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- Good
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- Good
- Outstanding
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- Letter
- RI to be good
- Inadequate
- Good
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- Good
- RI to be good
- Talmud Torah Yetev Lev5 Mar 2020 ·Other independent school· Salford· mostly positive tone· Simon Hunter, David Hampson, Martin HanburyRequires improvement
- Assurance
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Kedleston (High Peak School) Limited in Cheshire East3 Mar 2020 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Cheshire East· mostly positive tone· Amanda Ellis, Simon HunterInspection
- Frodsham CofE Primary School26 Feb 2020 ·Voluntary controlled school· Cheshire West and Chester· very positive tone· Simon Hunter, Christine HowardGood
- Outstanding
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- Requires improvement
- Good
- Assurance
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- Monitoring visit
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- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
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- Good
- Requires improvement
- Harwood Park Primary School27 Nov 2019 ·Community school· Rochdale· mostly positive tone· Simon Hunter, David Deane OBE, Doreen DavenportRequires improvement
- Assurance
- Requires improvement
- Good
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- Inspection
- Good
- Good
- Good
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- Good
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- Leigh St Mary's CofE Primary School11 Jul 2019 ·Voluntary aided school· Wigan· very positive tone· Simon Hunter, Christine Howard, Lesley CurtisGood
- Good
- Aurora Woodlands School26 Jun 2019 ·Other independent special school· Blackburn with Darwen· very positive tone· Simon HunterInspection
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- St Bartholomew's Catholic Primary School15 May 2019 ·Voluntary aided school· St. Helens· very positive tone· Simon Hunter, Tina Cleugh, Vanessa MacDonaldGood
- Letter
- Moston Fields Primary School25 Apr 2019 ·Community school· Manchester· very positive tone· Simon Hunter, Doreen Davenport, Gill PritchardGood
- Assurance
- St Mark's Church of England Primary School3 Apr 2019 ·Voluntary controlled school· Stockport· mixed tone· Simon Hunter, Christine Howard, Sandie La PortaInadequate
- Report
- Good
- Letter
- Good
- Good
- Inspection
- Good
- Heysham St Peter's Church of England Primary School28 Nov 2018 ·Voluntary aided school· Lancashire· very positive tone· Simon Hunter, Cole Andrew, Julie BatherGood
- Outstanding
- Good
- Ashfield Infant & Nursery School7 Nov 2018 ·Community school· Cumberland· very positive tone· Simon Hunter, Maggie Parker, Stephen RigbyOutstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Freehold Community Academy26 Sept 2018 ·Academy converter· Oldham· very positive tone· Simon Hunter, David Hodgkiss, Jonathan JonesGood
- Good
- Elworth CofE Primary School12 Sept 2018 ·Voluntary controlled school· Cheshire East· very positive tone· Simon Hunter, Barbara Harrold, John TomlinsonGood
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Radcliffe Hall Church of England/Methodist Controlled Primary School20 Jun 2018 ·Voluntary controlled school· Bury· very critical tone· Simon Hunter, Doreen Davenport, John DonaldInadequate
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Short inspection
- Good
- Good
- Letter
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School7 Feb 2018 ·Voluntary aided school· Wirral· mostly positive tone· Simon Hunter, Maureen Hints, Schelene FerrisRequires improvement
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Letter
- St Silas Church of England Primary School16 Nov 2017 ·Academy converter· Liverpool· very positive tone· Amanda Stringer, John Shutt, Moira Atkins +1Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Ravensbury Community School11 Oct 2017 ·Community school· Manchester· very positive tone· Anne Seneviratne, Gill Pritchard, Julie Kynaston +1Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Leighton Academy21 Sept 2017 ·Academy converter· Cheshire East· mixed tone· Simon Hunter, Adrian Martin, Joan Williamson +2Requires improvement
- Good
- St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy12 Jul 2017 ·Academy sponsor led· Blackpool· very positive tone· Simon Hunter, Emma Gregory, Moira AtkinsGood
- Good
- Good
- Good
- St. Chad's Church of England Primary School14 Jun 2017 ·Voluntary controlled school· Cheshire West and Chester· positive tone· Steve Bentham, Simon HunterGood
- Good
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