Social Care Inspector
Sonia Sullivan
Active in published reports from Aug 2022 to Sept 2026.
Inspections
126
As lead
104
83% of visits
Last 12 months
21
Remits
1
Social care 126
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care95 graded by Sonia
Sonia
National
| Outstanding | 14% | 12% | +2 |
| Good | 63% | 68% | -5 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 20% | 15% | +5 |
| Inadequate | 3% | 6% | -2 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 95 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Sonia Sullivan's reports read in line with others with the same grade (warmer than 72% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- +2
- Length
- +19%
- Next steps
- 5.0
- per report
- Hedged
- 3%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Leadership & governance 89%Progress & outcomes 81%Staff development 78%Safeguarding 77%Care & placements 60%Records & policies 52%Behaviour 52%Communication & language 43%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected95
Leadership and management95
All inspections (126)
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Staffordshire County Council in Staffordshire19 Mar 2026 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Staffordshire· mostly positive tone· Sonia SullivanGood
- Assurance
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Assurance
- Monitoring visit
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Assurance
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- RI to be good
Show all 126 inspections
- Good
- Assurance
- Monitoring visit
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- Good
- Assurance
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Monitoring visit
- Outstanding
- Good
- Assurance
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Staffordshire County Council in Staffordshire22 Jan 2025 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Staffordshire· mostly positive tone· Sonia SullivanGood
- Children's Home run by Acorn Residential Care Ltd in Staffordshire16 Jan 2025 ·Children's Home· Staffordshire· very critical tone· Louise Naylor, Dean Wilton, Sonia SullivanInadequate
- Good
- Children's home run by Unity Residential Care Services Limited in Newcastle-under-Lyme20 Nov 2024 ·Children's home· Newcastle-under-Lyme· very positive tone· Sonia Sullivan, Latoya MorganOutstanding
- Monitoring visit
- Outstanding
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Overley Hall Limited in Telford and Wrekin2 Oct 2024 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Telford and Wrekin· critical tone· Alison Snell, Sonia Sullivan, Tara WebbRI to be good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Amberleigh Care Limited in Shropshire5 Jun 2024 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Shropshire· mostly positive tone· Dean Wilton, Sonia SullivanGood
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Aspris Children’s Services Limited in Staffordshire25 Apr 2024 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Staffordshire· mixed tone· Alison Snell, Sonia SullivanMonitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Aspris Children’s Services Limited in Staffordshire20 Sept 2023 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Staffordshire· positive tone· Alison Snell, Sonia SullivanGood
- Assurance
- Outstanding
- Good
- RI to be good
- Assurance
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- RI to be good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Inadequate
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Inadequate
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