Social Care Inspector
Steve Guirey
Active in published reports from Oct 2021 to Aug 2026.
Inspections
157
As lead
125
80% of visits
Last 12 months
21
Remits
2
Social care 152 · Other 5
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care123 graded by Steve
Steve
National
| Outstanding | 14% | 12% | +2 |
| Good | 63% | 68% | -5 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 19% | 15% | +4 |
| Inadequate | 4% | 6% | -2 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 123 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Steve Guirey's reports read more critical than others with the same grade (warmer than 10% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- −12
- Length
- −2%
- Next steps
- 5.5
- per report
- Hedged
- 3%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Leadership & governance 80%Staff development 63%Records & policies 62%Progress & outcomes 61%Parents & families 56%Care & placements 55%Teaching & assessment 50%Safeguarding 49%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected123
Leadership and management123
All inspections (157)
- RI to be good
- Inspection
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- New Key Support Ltd20 Jul 2026 ·Supported Accommodation· North Tyneside· mixed tone· Beth Forster, Steve Guirey, Vikki ThwaitesInspection
- RI to be good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Report
- Good
- Bishop Burton College23 Oct 2025 ·Other· East Riding of Yorkshire· very positive tone· Steve Guirey, Gina Lightfoot, Ladean WilsonReport
- Good
- Report
- Assurance
- RI to be good
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- Elemore Hall School18 Sept 2025 ·Social care· County Durham· very positive tone· Claire Webster, Lee Riley, Steve GuireyOutstanding
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Askham Bryan College15 May 2025 ·FE College with Residential Care· York· mostly positive tone· Steve Guirey, Gina Lightfoot, Jo BirtwhistleReport
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- The City of Sunderland College12 Mar 2025 ·FE College with Residential Care· Northumberland· very positive tone· Denise Jolly, Steve GuireyReport
- Good
- RI to be good
- Assurance
- Good
- Outstanding
- Assurance
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Inadequate
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Kings Mill School27 Jun 2024 ·Residential Special School· East Riding of Yorkshire· mixed tone· Steve Guirey, Aaron McloughlinGood
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Elemore Hall School23 May 2024 ·Social care· County Durham· mostly positive tone· Aaron Mcloughlin, Claire Webster, Steve GuireyGood
- RI to be good
- Inadequate
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Oakfield22 Feb 2024 ·Residential Special School· Kingston upon Hull· positive tone· Gemma McDonnell, Steve GuireyGood
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Outstanding
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Cedar House School5 Oct 2023 ·Residential Special School· North Yorkshire· very positive tone· Aaron Mcloughlin, Steve GuireyOutstanding
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Assurance
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Children's home run by Absolute Children’s Services Ltd in Staffordshire Moorlands19 Jan 2023 ·Children's home· Staffordshire Moorlands· mixed tone· Steve Guirey, Sharin Khan MahmandiGood
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Options Autism (1) Limited in North Lincolnshire8 Jun 2022 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· North Lincolnshire· critical tone· Aaron Mcloughlin, Steve GuireyGood
- Monitoring visit
- Children's home run by First 4 Care Limited in Doncaster24 May 2022 ·Children's home· Doncaster· very critical tone· Cath Sikakana, Debbie Foster, Steve GuireyInadequate
- Good
- RI to be good
- Inspection
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Inspection
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Good
- Outstanding
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