Social Care Inspector
Suzanne Birchall
Active in published reports from Feb 2019 to Apr 2026.
Inspections
94
As lead
68
72% of visits
Last 12 months
8
Remits
1
Social care 94
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care42 graded by Suzanne
Suzanne
National
| Outstanding | 14% | 12% | +3 |
| Good | 50% | 68% | -18 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 19% | 15% | +4 |
| Inadequate | 17% | 6% | +11 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 51 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Suzanne Birchall's reports read in line with others with the same grade (warmer than 38% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- −3
- Length
- +16%
- Next steps
- 5.6
- per report
- Hedged
- 3%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Leadership & governance 84%Records & policies 82%Staff development 78%Safeguarding 67%Progress & outcomes 62%Behaviour 61%Care & placements 54%Curriculum 48%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected49
Leadership and management53
All inspections (94)
- Inadequate
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Outstanding
- Good
- Adoption Matters3 Oct 2025 ·Social care· Cheshire West and Chester· mostly positive tone· Aislinn Cooper, Carrie Mayes, Evelyn Chafota +2Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Inadequate
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Inadequate
- Inadequate
- Children's Home run by A Wilderness Way Limited in Westmorland and Furness16 May 2025 ·Children's Home· Westmorland and Furness· very critical tone· Andrea Foreman, Suzanne BirchallInadequate
- Monitoring visit
- Outstanding
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- Assurance
- Good
- Children's Home run by ROC Northwest Limited in Lancashire13 Mar 2025 ·Children's Home· Lancashire· critical tone· Angeline Clarke, Claire Hobbs, Suzanne BirchallInadequate
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Outstanding
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Good
- Assurance
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Cambian Whinfell School Limited in Westmorland and Furness12 Dec 2024 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Westmorland and Furness· very positive tone· Judith Birchall, Suzanne BirchallOutstanding
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Adoption Matters13 Jan 2023 ·Social care· Cheshire West and Chester· very positive tone· Mandy Williams, Caroline Bertram, Evelyn Chafota +1Outstanding
- Monitoring visit
- Inadequate
- Children's home run by Seashell Trust16 Nov 2022 ·Children's home· mostly positive tone· Suzanne Birchall, Judith Birchall, Mark WoodbridgeGood
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Cambian Whinfell School Limited in Westmorland and Furness2 Nov 2022 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Westmorland and Furness· mostly positive tone· Judith Birchall, Suzanne BirchallGood
- Dandelion Clock Counselling Adoption Support26 Oct 2022 ·Adoption Support Agencies, Adults· Stockport· positive tone· Mandy Williams, Suzanne BirchallGood
- Good
- Caritas Adoption Support Service14 Jul 2021 ·Adoption Support Agencies, Adults and children· Salford· mixed tone· Mandy Williams, Dawn Parton, Suzanne BirchallInadequate
- Fostering Ltd18 Jun 2021 ·Independent Fostering Services· Lancashire· mixed tone· Mandy Williams, Suzanne BirchallGood
- Inadequate
- Inadequate
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Children's home run by Nugent Care 2019 in Liverpool30 Sept 2020 ·Children's home· Liverpool· mixed tone· Jessica Forshaw, Catherine Fargin, Suzanne BirchallMonitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- Inspection
- Assurance
- RI to be good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Children's home run by ROC Northwest Limited in Westmorland and Furness12 Feb 2020 ·Children's home· Westmorland and Furness· very positive tone· Mandy Williams, Suzanne BirchallOutstanding
- Good
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Assurance
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