Additional Inspector
Sukhbir Farar
Active in published reports from Sept 2014 to May 2026.
Inspections
32
As lead
3
9% of visits
Last 12 months
2
Remits
1
Schools & FE 32
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Schools & FE5 graded by Sukhbir
Sukhbir
National
| Outstanding | 0% | 10% | -10 |
| Good | 20% | 66% | -46 |
| Requires improvement | 80% | 19% | +61 |
| Inadequate | 0% | 5% | -5 |
Small sample: fewer than 10 graded inspections, so differences mean little.
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 18 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Sukhbir Farar's reports read in line with others with the same grade (warmer than 34% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- −4
- Length
- +2%
- Next steps
- 5.1
- per report
- Hedged
- 12%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Leadership & governance 100%Teaching & assessment 100%Behaviour 100%Curriculum 97%Progress & outcomes 88%Reading & phonics 47%Personal development 47%SEND & inclusion 47%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
16 to 19 study programmes9
Achievement2
Attendance and behaviour2
Behaviour and attitudes11
Curriculum and teaching2
Early years1
Inclusion2
Leadership and governance2
Leadership and management25
Outcomes12
Personal development11
Personal development and wellbeing2
Personal development, behaviour and welfare12
Post 16 provision2
Quality of education11
Sixth form2
Teaching, learning and assessment12
All inspections (32)
- Lawrence Sheriff School6 May 2026 ·Academy converter· Warwickshire· very positive tone· Andrew Washbourne, Bianka Zemke, Ian Tustian +2lowestExpected
- Nether Stowe School17 Mar 2026 ·Academy converter· Staffordshire· mostly positive tone· Dan Owen, Andrew Washbourne, Nicola Wells +1lowestNeeds attention
- Churchill Academy & Sixth Form21 May 2025 ·Academy converter· North Somerset· mostly positive tone· Sarah Favager-Dalton, Claire Thomson, Nazya Ghalib +2Good
- Chipping Campden School14 May 2025 ·Academy converter· Gloucestershire· positive tone· Victoria Griffin, Benjamin Houghton, Jo Butler +2Good
- John Taylor High School8 May 2025 ·Academy converter· Staffordshire· very positive tone· Bianka Zemke, Ed Leighton, Ezran Little +2Good
- Aylesford School Warwick2 Apr 2025 ·Academy converter· Warwickshire· positive tone· Stuart Clarkson, Jacqueline Newsome, Sara Arkle +2Requires improvement
- The Bewdley School16 Oct 2024 ·Foundation school· Worcestershire· positive tone· Richard Wakefield, Dan Robinson, Helen Reeves +1Good
- The Lacon Childe School12 Jun 2024 ·Academy converter· Shropshire· mixed tone· Thomas Walton, Patrick Amieli, Sukhbir FararRequires improvement
- Alderbrook School26 Apr 2023 ·Academy converter· Solihull· positive tone· Stuart Clarkson, Graeme Rudland, Sukhbir FararInspection
- King Charles I School3 Mar 2023 ·Academy converter· Worcestershire· positive tone· Martin Spoor, Clare Considine, Gwen Onyon +1Good
- Walsall Academy23 Nov 2022 ·Academy sponsor led· Walsall· mostly positive tone· Nicola Beech, Bianka Zemke, Dan Robinson +2Requires improvement
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- The Orme Academy8 Dec 2021 ·Academy sponsor led· Staffordshire· mixed tone· Claire Price, Ann Pritchard, Gemma Mann +1Requires improvement
- Nicholas Chamberlaine School25 Nov 2021 ·Academy sponsor led· Warwickshire· mostly positive tone· Christopher Stevens, Dan Robinson, Graeme Rudland +3Requires improvement
- Ridgewood High School20 Nov 2019 ·Academy converter· Dudley· mostly positive tone· Alun Williams, Clare Considine, Janet Lewis +1Requires improvement
- Requires improvement
- The Stourport High School and Sixth Form College3 Oct 2018 ·Academy converter· Worcestershire· mixed tone· Bianka Zemke, Antony Edkins, David Buckle +3Requires improvement
- Requires improvement
- Queen Elizabeth High School12 Oct 2017 ·Academy converter· Herefordshire, County of· very positive tone· Rob Hackfath, Janet Lewis, Sukhbir FararGood
- The Queen Elizabeth Academy10 May 2017 ·Academy sponsor led· Warwickshire· very positive tone· Steven Cartlidge, Derek Barnes, Gwendoline Onyon +1Good
- CTC Kingshurst Academy30 Mar 2017 ·Academy sponsor led· Solihull· mixed tone· Alun Williams, David Hughes, Herminder Channa +5Inadequate
- Etone College1 Feb 2017 ·Academy converter· Warwickshire· positive tone· Patrick Amieli, Bernice Astling, Michelle Newman +1Good
- Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Sports College19 Oct 2016 ·Voluntary aided school· Staffordshire· mostly positive tone· Huw Bishop, Marie McMahon, Sarah Godden +1Requires improvement
- Bishop Challoner Catholic College11 May 2016 ·Voluntary aided school· Birmingham· positive tone· Rob Hackfath, Gwendoline Onyon, Nardeep Sharma +4Inadequate
- Barr's Hill School9 Mar 2016 ·Academy converter· Coventry· critical tone· Denah Jones, Alun Williams, Karen Lockett +2Requires improvement
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- Bilton School4 Feb 2016 ·Academy converter· Warwickshire· critical tone· Alun Williams, Denah Jones, Nardeep Sharma +2Inadequate
- Oldbury Academy24 Sept 2015 ·Academy converter· Sandwell· mixed tone· Richard Sutton, Alison Broomfield, Gwendoline Onyon +2Requires improvement
- Haberdashers' Abraham Darby10 Jun 2015 ·Academy sponsor led· Telford and Wrekin· positive tone· Alun Williams, Patrick Walsh, Sukhbir Farar +1Good
- Coundon Court24 Sept 2014 ·Academy converter· Coventry· mixed tone· Michelle Parker, Helen Owen, Lynn Williams +2Requires improvement
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