Social Care Inspector
Sophie Thomson
Active in published reports from Dec 2018 to Sept 2026.
Inspections
166
As lead
126
76% of visits
Last 12 months
24
Remits
2
Social care 165 · Other 1
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care78 graded by Sophie
Sophie
National
| Outstanding | 12% | 12% | 0 |
| Good | 59% | 68% | -9 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 15% | 15% | +1 |
| Inadequate | 14% | 6% | +8 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 108 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Sophie Thomson's reports read in line with others with the same grade (warmer than 50% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- −2
- Length
- +3%
- Next steps
- 5.2
- per report
- Hedged
- 5%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Staff development 74%Leadership & governance 73%Care & placements 64%Progress & outcomes 61%Behaviour 60%Records & policies 60%Safeguarding 52%Teaching & assessment 42%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected109
Leadership and management109
All inspections (166)
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Inadequate
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Good
- Assurance
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Inadequate
- Children's Home run by Lancashire County Council in Lancashire21 Oct 2025 ·Children's Home· Lancashire· very critical tone· Renee Sims, Cathy Wilkins, Sophie ThomsonInadequate
- Inadequate
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- Inadequate
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Assurance
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Inadequate
- Good
- RI to be good
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Assurance
- Outstanding
- Good
- Outstanding
- Assurance
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
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- Good
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- Good
- Good
- Good
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- Good
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- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Good
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- Inadequate
- RI to be good
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Cloughwood Academy31 Mar 2022 ·Residential Special School· Cheshire West and Chester· very positive tone· Michelle Bacon, Sophie ThomsonOutstanding
- Inspection
- Inspection
- Greenbank Residential School16 Mar 2022 ·Social care· Cheshire West and Chester· positive tone· Catherine Fargin, Sophie ThomsonGood
- Outstanding
- Good
- Inadequate
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Report
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Inadequate
- Monitoring visit
- Inadequate
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
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- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Children's home run by Witherslack Group Limited in Westmorland and Furness2 Sept 2020 ·Children's home· Westmorland and Furness· critical tone· Sophie Thomson, Mandy WilliamsMonitoring visit
- Children's home run by Witherslack Group Limited in Westmorland and Furness21 Jul 2020 ·Children's home· Westmorland and Furness· very critical tone· Sophie Thomson, Mandy WilliamsMonitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- RI to be good
- Good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by ROC Northwest Limited in Lancashire27 Feb 2020 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Lancashire· mixed tone· Marie Cordingley, Sophie ThomsonInspection
- Good
- Outstanding
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by ROC Northwest Limited in Lancashire25 Nov 2019 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Lancashire· mixed tone· Marie Cordingley, Sophie ThomsonMonitoring visit
- Outstanding
- Assurance
- Children's home run by Witherslack Group Limited in Westmorland and Furness23 Oct 2019 ·Children's home· Westmorland and Furness· critical tone· Sophie Thomson, Marie CordingleyRI to be good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by ROC Northwest Limited in Lancashire9 Sept 2019 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Lancashire· very critical tone· Marie Cordingley, Sophie ThomsonMonitoring visit
- Good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by ROC Northwest Limited in Lancashire22 Aug 2019 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Lancashire· very critical tone· Marie Cordingley, Sophie ThomsonMonitoring visit
- Good
- RI to be good
- Assurance
- Outstanding
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by ROC Northwest Limited in Lancashire11 Apr 2019 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Lancashire· mixed tone· Marie Cordingley, Mandy Williams, Sophie ThomsonRI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Inspection
- Inspection
- Good
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Assurance
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