Social Care Inspector
Stephanie McDonald
Active in published reports from Oct 2025 to Sept 2026.
Inspections
24
As lead
23
96% of visits
Last 12 months
24
Remits
1
Social care 24
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care22 graded by Stephanie
Stephanie
National
| Outstanding | 27% | 12% | +16 |
| Good | 68% | 68% | +0 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 5% | 15% | -10 |
| Inadequate | 0% | 6% | -6 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 21 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Stephanie McDonald's reports read warmer than others with the same grade (warmer than 92% of inspectors).
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- Tone vs peers
- +12
- Length
- −19%
- Next steps
- 2.1
- per report
- Hedged
- 2%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Leadership & governance 92%Progress & outcomes 88%Staff development 83%Wellbeing & mental health 71%Care & placements 67%Safeguarding 67%Behaviour 42%Parents & families 29%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected22
Leadership and management22
All inspections (24)
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
Where they've inspected
Often inspects with
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