HMI
Steve Wren
Active in published reports from Sept 2021 to Jun 2025.
Inspections
67
As lead
47
70% of visits
Last 12 months
0
Remits
2
Schools & FE 64 · Other 3
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Schools & FE32 graded by Steve
Steve
National
| Outstanding | 19% | 10% | +8 |
| Good | 63% | 66% | -3 |
| Requires improvement | 16% | 19% | -4 |
| Inadequate | 3% | 5% | -2 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 35 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Steve Wren's reports read more critical than others with the same grade (warmer than 9% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- −13
- Length
- +4%
- Next steps
- 3.1
- per report
- Hedged
- 8%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Curriculum 96%Leadership & governance 96%Teaching & assessment 91%Behaviour 84%Reading & phonics 66%SEND & inclusion 61%Safeguarding 46%Parents & families 42%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Behaviour and attitudes44
Early years20
Leadership and management44
Personal development44
Quality of education44
All inspections (67)
- Ungraded inspection
- Beckfoot Nessfield4 Jun 2025 ·Academy sponsor led· Bradford· positive tone· Steve Wren, Ginny Robinson, Shameem HussainGood
- Ungraded inspection
- The Birley Academy14 May 2025 ·Academy converter· Sheffield· positive tone· Steve Wren, Harkireet Sohel, Joe Barton +1Good
- Holy Trinity Catholic and Church of England School24 Apr 2025 ·Academy sponsor led· Barnsley· mostly positive tone· Steve Wren, Julian Appleyard, Lindsay Lomas +2Requires improvement
- Scawsby Junior Academy16 Apr 2025 ·Academy converter· Doncaster· very positive tone· Steve Wren, Andrew Yeomans, Steve ShawGood
- Ungraded inspection
- Woldgate School and Sixth Form College26 Feb 2025 ·Academy converter· East Riding of Yorkshire· mostly positive tone· Steve Wren, Janet Sheriff, Tudor GriffithsUngraded inspection
- Durham Johnston Comprehensive School5 Feb 2025 ·Community school· County Durham· positive tone· Steve Wren, Jacqui Johnson, Joanne Maw +2Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- King Ecgbert School2 Oct 2024 ·Academy converter· Sheffield· very positive tone· Steve Wren, James Franklin-Smith, Mike Kilgannon +1Outstanding
- Good
- Inspection
- Dixons Allerton Academy9 May 2024 ·Academy sponsor led· Bradford· mixed tone· Steve Wren, Chris Jennings, Kyrstie Stubbs +2Requires improvement
- Bede Academy1 May 2024 ·Academy sponsor led· Northumberland· mostly positive tone· Steve Wren, Chris Story, Katie Spurr +3Good
- Malton School14 Dec 2023 ·Community school· North Yorkshire· very positive tone· Chris Carr, Adam Ryder, Dan Whieldon +2Good
- Inspection
- Roundhay School29 Nov 2023 ·Community school· Leeds· very positive tone· Steve Wren, Bernard Clark, Helen Haunch +3Outstanding
- Threshfield School22 Nov 2023 ·Voluntary controlled school· North Yorkshire· very positive tone· Carl Sugden, Steve WrenGood
- Outstanding
- Inspection
- Crofton Academy12 Jul 2023 ·Academy converter· Wakefield· mostly positive tone· Steve Wren, Chris Fletcher, Hannah Millett +1Good
- Inspection
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- The Halifax Academy15 Jun 2023 ·Academy converter· Calderdale· mostly positive tone· Steve Wren, Chris Carr, Katie North +2Good
- Good
- Inspection
- St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy30 Mar 2023 ·Academy converter· Wakefield· positive tone· Chris Fletcher, Bernard Clark, Gillian Hemming +1Good
- Inspection
- Good
- Howden School22 Feb 2023 ·Academy converter· East Riding of Yorkshire· critical tone· Steve Wren, Bernard Clark, Richard Wood +1Requires improvement
- The Skipton Academy26 Jan 2023 ·Academy sponsor led· North Yorkshire· mostly positive tone· Steve Wren, Jamie Lawler, Sarah ChamingsGood
- South Axholme Academy19 Jan 2023 ·Academy converter· North Lincolnshire· positive tone· Steve Wren, Angela White, Garry Stout +1Good
- Good
- Dixons Cottingley Academy16 Nov 2022 ·Academy sponsor led· Bradford· mostly positive tone· Thomas Wraith, Michelle Farr, Steve Wren +1Good
- Rossington All Saints Academy3 Nov 2022 ·Academy sponsor led· Doncaster· positive tone· Zoe Helman, Chris Fletcher, Rebekah Ramsden +1Good
- Molescroft Primary School19 Oct 2022 ·Community school· East Riding of Yorkshire· very positive tone· Steve Wren, Nicola Beaumont, Richard JonesOutstanding
- Ark The King's School13 Oct 2022 ·Academy converter· Wakefield· mostly positive tone· John Linkins, Geoff Lumsdon, Gillian Hemming +2Good
- South Cave Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School22 Sept 2022 ·Voluntary controlled school· East Riding of Yorkshire· mostly positive tone· Steve Wren, Rebecca ClaytonGood
- Requires improvement
- Inspection
- Inspection
- Inspection
- Trinity Academy Cathedral26 May 2022 ·Academy converter· Wakefield· very positive tone· Gabrielle Reddington, Gillian Hemming, Malcolm Kirtley +2Outstanding
- Inspection
- The Snaith School5 May 2022 ·Academy converter· East Riding of Yorkshire· mostly positive tone· Steve Wren, John LinkinsInspection
- Good
- Cockburn John Charles Academy21 Apr 2022 ·Academy sponsor led· Leeds· positive tone· Zoe Helman, David Mills, Martin Featherstone +2Good
- Outstanding
- Letter
- Harrogate Grammar School10 Mar 2022 ·Academy converter· North Yorkshire· very positive tone· Malcolm Kirtley, Bernard Clark, Geoff Lumsdon +3Outstanding
- Frizinghall Primary School3 Mar 2022 ·Community school· Bradford· very positive tone· Nicola Shipman, Gill Holland, Jo Robinson +1Good
- Harton Academy2 Mar 2022 ·Academy converter· South Tyneside· positive tone· Katherine Spurr, Angela White, John Linkins +3Requires improvement
- Inspection
- Inspection
- Monitoring visit
- Morpeth Newminster Middle School13 Jan 2022 ·Academy converter· Northumberland· positive tone· Steve Wren, Bernard Clark, Matthew KnoxGood
- Barugh Green Primary School9 Dec 2021 ·Community school· Barnsley· mostly positive tone· Matthew Knox, Darren Marks, Gill Holland +1Requires improvement
- EBOR Academy Filey1 Dec 2021 ·Academy sponsor led· North Yorkshire· critical tone· Steve Wren, Manina Tyler-Mort, Zoe HelmanInadequate
- Outstanding
- Archbishop Holgate's School, A Church of England Academy13 Oct 2021 ·Academy converter· York· very positive tone· James Duncan, Angela White, Melanie Kane +2Outstanding
- Sir Thomas Wharton Academy22 Sept 2021 ·Academy converter· Doncaster· mostly positive tone· David Pridding, Erica Hiorns, Julian Appleyard +1Good
- Monitoring visit
- Letter
- Letter
- Monitoring visit
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