HMI
Vanessa Ward
Active in published reports from Sept 2005 to Nov 2017.
Inspections
64
As lead
56
88% of visits
Last 12 months
0
Remits
2
Schools & FE 52 · Other 12
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 9 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Vanessa Ward's reports read more critical than others with the same grade (warmer than 21% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- −7
- Length
- −14%
- Next steps
- 5.0
- per report
- Hedged
- 11%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Teaching & assessment 98%Leadership & governance 95%Progress & outcomes 91%Curriculum 88%Behaviour 69%Maths 66%Personal development 39%Wellbeing & mental health 31%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
16 to 19 study programmes3
Achievement25
Care guidance support25
Curriculum25
Early years2
Leadership and management35
Outcomes8
Personal development25
Personal development, behaviour and welfare8
Sixth form1
Teaching and learning25
Teaching, learning and assessment8
All inspections (64)
- St Mark's Church of England Academy8 Nov 2017 ·Academy sponsor led· Merton· positive tone· Vanessa Ward, Anne Murray-Hudson, Duncan Kamya +1Good
- Good
- Acton High School22 Feb 2017 ·Community school· Ealing· critical tone· Vanessa Ward, Carmen Rodney, Carolyn Dickinson +4Inadequate
- The Independent School9 Feb 2017 ·Other independent school· Hammersmith and Fulham· mostly positive tone· Vanessa Ward, Dennis CantyRequires improvement
- King Fahad Academy19 Jan 2017 ·Other independent school· Ealing· mostly positive tone· Vanessa Ward, Dennis Canty, Kanwaljit Singh +1Requires improvement
- Beacon High13 Jan 2017 ·Community school· Islington· mixed tone· Sam Hainey, Dame Joan McVittie, Robin Hammerton +2Requires improvement
- Beacon High13 Jan 2017 ·Community school· Islington· mixed tone· Sam Hainey, Dame Joan McVittie, Robin Hammerton +2Requires improvement
- Good
- Good
- Darul Uloom Leicester25 May 2016 ·Other independent school· Leicester· critical tone· Vanessa Ward, Mary Timms, Simon HollingsworthReport
- Report
- Report
- Short inspection
- Good
- Townley Grammar School26 Nov 2015 ·Academy converter· Bexley· very positive tone· Vanessa Ward, Andrew Hemmings, David Radomsky +5Outstanding
- St Catherine's Catholic School21 Oct 2015 ·Academy converter· Bexley· very positive tone· Vanessa Ward, David Boyle, Helen Matthews +3Good
- Winsor Primary School24 Sept 2015 ·Community school· Newham· mixed tone· Kirstie Fulthorpe, Janice Howkins, Jean Thwaites +2Report
- Hill House School15 Sept 2015 ·Other independent school· Kensington and Chelsea· critical tone· Vanessa Ward, Mark PhillipsReport
- Report
- Report
- St Mark's Primary School3 Jul 2015 ·Community school· Merton· positive tone· Vanessa Ward, Christine Alexander, Robert PynerGood
- Riverside School4 Jun 2015 ·Free schools· Barking and Dagenham· positive tone· Michael Pennington, Alan Taylor-Bennett, Catherine Anwar +3Good
- Good
- Satisfactory
- Good
Show all 64 inspections
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Satisfactory
- Good
- Good
- Satisfactory
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Satisfactory
- Good
- Satisfactory
- Good
- Good
- Satisfactory
- Outstanding
- Good
- Inspection
- Inspection
- Outstanding
- Satisfactory
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Report
- Inspection
- Report
- Report
- Report
- Report
Where they've inspected
Often inspects with
Member ratings
Been inspected by Vanessa Ward? Join free to read reviews and rate your experience.
Rate this inspectorExperiences of Vanessa Ward
Members compare notes on inspectors and inspections here. Join free to read and post.
Join the discussion