Social Care Inspector
Simon Jones
Active in published reports from May 2023 to Sept 2026.
Inspections
119
As lead
104
87% of visits
Last 12 months
33
Remits
2
Social care 118 · Other 1
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care107 graded by Simon
Simon
National
| Outstanding | 6% | 12% | -6 |
| Good | 82% | 68% | +14 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 10% | 15% | -4 |
| Inadequate | 2% | 6% | -4 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 107 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Simon Jones's reports read warmer than others with the same grade (warmer than 92% of inspectors).
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- Tone vs peers
- +11
- Length
- +12%
- Next steps
- 4.7
- per report
- Hedged
- 1%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Staff development 90%Leadership & governance 89%Progress & outcomes 74%Parents & families 65%Wellbeing & mental health 54%Behaviour 53%Care & placements 48%Health & safety 48%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected107
Leadership and management107
All inspections (119)
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Lancaster Royal Grammar School4 Jun 2026 ·Boarding School· Lancashire· very positive tone· Katie Tomlinson, Kelly McCurdy, Simon JonesOutstanding
- Dallam School21 May 2026 ·Boarding School· Westmorland and Furness· positive tone· Cheryl Field, Katie Tomlinson, Simon JonesGood
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Report
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
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- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Jamiatul-ilm Wal Huda23 Oct 2025 ·Social care· Blackburn with Darwen· positive tone· Dave Carrigan, Katie Tomlinson, Simon JonesGood
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- Assurance
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Inadequate
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
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