Ofsted Inspector
Susan Child
Active in published reports from Nov 2015 to Jul 2026.
Inspections
30
As lead
15
50% of visits
Last 12 months
6
Remits
1
Schools & FE 30
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
No overall grades yet. Report-card inspections are graded per area, shown below.
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 19 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Susan Child's reports read in line with others with the same grade (warmer than 52% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- −1
- Length
- −5%
- Next steps
- 3.8
- per report
- Hedged
- 8%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Leadership & governance 100%Teaching & assessment 100%Curriculum 93%Progress & outcomes 90%Maths 77%Behaviour 73%Parents & families 60%Reading & phonics 50%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
16 to 19 study programmes4
Achievement6
Attendance and behaviour6
Curriculum and teaching6
Early years6
Inclusion6
Leadership and governance6
Leadership and management17
Outcomes15
Personal development and wellbeing6
Personal development, behaviour and welfare17
Post 16 provision1
Sixth form1
Teaching, learning and assessment17
All inspections (30)
- lowestExpected
- lowestExpected
- lowestNeeds attention
- lowestExpected
- Long Stratton High School10 Feb 2026 ·Academy sponsor led· Norfolk· positive tone· Damian Loneragan, Jane Bennett, Matthew Van Lier +1lowestExpected
- lowestStrong
- Requires improvement
- Good
- Good
- Ripplevale School Rochester15 Jun 2017 ·Other independent special school· Medway· very positive tone· Susan Child, Paul CoppingGood
- Sandown Bay Academy24 May 2017 ·Academy sponsor led· Isle of Wight· mixed tone· Susan Child, Colin Lankester, James Rouse +2Inadequate
- Good
- Inspection
- Inspection
- Hook Junior School29 Mar 2017 ·Community school· Hampshire· very positive tone· Susan Child, Emma Palastanga, Leah Goulding +1Outstanding
- Good
- Chamberlayne College for the Arts15 Feb 2017 ·Foundation school· Southampton· critical tone· Susan Child, Anne Turner, Julie Summerfield +1Inadequate
- Springwood Junior School8 Feb 2017 ·Community school· Hampshire· very positive tone· Susan Child, Deirdre Crutchley, Penny OrmeGood
- Good
- Good
- The Cottesloe School8 Jul 2016 ·Foundation school· Buckinghamshire· positive tone· Susan Child, Caroline Walshe, Nicholas Simmonds +1Good
- Keep Hatch Primary School1 Jul 2016 ·Community school· Wokingham· mostly positive tone· Liz Bowes, Andrew Clark, Helena Griffiths +1Requires improvement
- Leesland Church of England Controlled Junior School25 May 2016 ·Voluntary controlled school· Hampshire· mixed tone· Alan Taylor-Bennett, Peter Dunmall, Susan ChildRequires improvement
- Leesland Church of England Controlled Junior School25 May 2016 ·Voluntary controlled school· Hampshire· mixed tone· Alan Taylor-Bennett, Peter Dunmall, Susan ChildRequires improvement
- Good
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- Good
- Great Chart Primary School16 Mar 2016 ·Community school· Kent· very positive tone· Rosemary Addison, Joseph Figg, Judith Sumner +1Outstanding
- St Edmund's Catholic School3 Feb 2016 ·Voluntary aided school· Portsmouth· very positive tone· Helena Read, Anne Turner, Kim James +3Outstanding
- Felpham Community College20 Jan 2016 ·Community school· West Sussex· positive tone· Matthew Newberry, Andrew Gray, Martin Brown +2Good
- Didcot Girls' School25 Nov 2015 ·Academy converter· Oxfordshire· very positive tone· Robin Hammerton, Alan Taylor-Bennett, Francois Walker +4Outstanding
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