Ofsted Inspector
Susan Hadfield
Active in published reports from Nov 2017 to Apr 2026.
Inspections
14
As lead
0
0% of visits
Last 12 months
1
Remits
2
Schools & FE 13 · Other 1
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Schools & FE10 graded by Susan
Susan
National
| Outstanding | 10% | 10% | 0 |
| Good | 80% | 66% | +14 |
| Requires improvement | 0% | 19% | -19 |
| Inadequate | 10% | 5% | +5 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 12 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Susan Hadfield's reports read more critical than others with the same grade (warmer than 9% of inspectors).
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- Tone vs peers
- −15
- Length
- +46%
- Next steps
- 4.7
- per report
- Hedged
- 10%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Progress & outcomes 100%Curriculum 100%Teaching & assessment 100%Leadership & governance 100%Staff development 93%Behaviour 71%Maths 71%Personal development 50%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Achievement1
Behaviour and attitudes12
Contribution to meeting skills needs1
Curriculum and teaching1
Inclusion1
Leadership and governance1
Leadership and management12
Participation and development1
Personal development12
Quality of education12
All inspections (14)
- Macclesfield College27 Apr 2026 ·Further education· Cheshire East· positive tone· Joel Dalhouse, Helen Morgan, Jack Bullock +7lowestNeeds attention
- Blackpool and the Fylde College14 Feb 2025 ·Further education· Blackpool· very positive tone· Helen Whelan, Alison Cameron Brandwood, Andy Gadsdon +10Good
- North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College15 Nov 2024 ·Further education· Warwickshire· positive tone· Stuart Collett, Deb Whiston, Georgina Ager +11Good
- Midland Group Training Services Limited28 Jun 2024 ·Independent Learning Provider· Coventry· mostly positive tone· Stuart Collett, Beth Selwood, Joel Dalhouse +3Good
- SCCU Ltd8 Mar 2024 ·Independent Learning Provider· Coventry· positive tone· Joel Dalhouse, Carole Wilson-Frizzell, Jaswant Mann +4Good
- Lakes College - West Cumbria26 Jan 2024 ·Further education· Cumberland· positive tone· Stuart Collett, Jackie Shopland-Reed, Karen Roberts +9Good
- Birmingham Metropolitan College27 Oct 2023 ·Further education· Birmingham· positive tone· Bev Ramsell, Alan Winchcombe, Beth Selwood +13Good
- BCTG Limited16 Jun 2023 ·Independent Learning Provider· Sandwell· mixed tone· Rachel Clark, Andrea Dill-Russell, Edward Bird +6Inadequate
- Sandwell College14 Oct 2022 ·Further education· Sandwell· mostly positive tone· Russ Henry, Alison Humphreys, Alun Maddocks +12Good
- Telford College18 Feb 2022 ·Further education· Telford and Wrekin· mostly positive tone· Stuart Collett, Andrea Dill-Russell, Claire Beaman +8Good
- The Northern School of Art11 Feb 2022 ·Further education· Middlesbrough· very positive tone· Chloe Rendall, Clifford Shaw, Dawn Jamieson +3Outstanding
- Requires improvement
- Coventry College20 Sept 2019 ·Further education· Coventry· mixed tone· Richard Deane, Barbara Hughes, Bev Ramsell +7Requires improvement
- Coventry University10 Nov 2017 ·Higher education institutions· Coventry· mostly positive tone· William Baidoe-Ansah, Barbara Hughes, Jai Sharda +3Report
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