Social Care Inspector
Ashley Hinson
Active in published reports from Jul 2015 to Jul 2026.
Inspections
195
As lead
164
84% of visits
Last 12 months
5
Remits
3
Social care 159 · Other 29 · Schools & FE 7
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care21 graded by Ashley
Ashley
National
| Outstanding | 10% | 12% | -2 |
| Good | 62% | 68% | -6 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 19% | 15% | +4 |
| Inadequate | 10% | 6% | +4 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 86 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Ashley Hinson's reports read more critical than others with the same grade (warmer than 15% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- −9
- Length
- −2%
- Next steps
- 4.4
- per report
- Hedged
- 4%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Staff development 75%Leadership & governance 74%Records & policies 74%Teaching & assessment 62%Safeguarding 60%Progress & outcomes 59%Health & safety 57%Care & placements 54%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected91
Leadership and management74
All inspections (195)
- Outstanding
- Bedford College5 Mar 2026 ·FE College with Residential Care· Central Bedfordshire· positive tone· Ashley Hinson, Anver RoseReport
- Outstanding
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Inspection
- Good
- Children's Home run by Northamptonshire Children’s Trust Limited in West Northamptonshire1 May 2025 ·Children's Home· West Northamptonshire· very critical tone· Mark Anderton, Ashley HinsonInadequate
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Report
- Report
- Good
- Cardiff Sixth Form College, Cambridge25 Apr 2024 ·Other independent school· Cambridgeshire· positive tone· Charlie Fordham, Ashley HinsonInspection
- RI to be good
- Assurance
- RI to be good
- Cardiff Sixth Form College, Cambridge17 Jul 2023 ·Other independent school· Cambridgeshire· mostly positive tone· Kristian Hewitt, Ashley HinsonInspection
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
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- Good
- Hockerill Anglo European- College15 Jun 2022 ·Social care· East Hertfordshire· mostly positive tone· Joanne Vyas, Ashley Hinson, Deirdra Keating +4Good
- Good
- Inspection
- Bedford College28 Apr 2022 ·FE College with Residential Care· Central Bedfordshire· mixed tone· Ashley Hinson, Lianne BradfordReport
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Inspection
- Monitoring visit
- Oaklands College19 Jan 2022 ·FE College with Residential Care· Hertfordshire· mixed tone· Ashley Hinson, Lianne BradfordReport
- Good
- Inadequate
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Report
- Good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Children's home run by Personal Security Service Limited in Enfield1 Apr 2021 ·Children's home· Enfield· mostly positive tone· Ashley Hinson, Angela Weston, Leemya McKeown +1Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by SES Turnstone Limited in Norfolk23 Feb 2021 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Norfolk· mixed tone· Clive Lucas, Ashley HinsonMonitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Inspection
- Good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Acorn Norfolk Limited in Norfolk25 Feb 2020 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Norfolk· very critical tone· Lianne Bradford, Ashley HinsonInspection
- Inspection
- Assurance
- Inspection
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Outstanding
- Assurance
- Good
- Assurance
- Monitoring visit
- Inspection
- Assurance
- RI to be good
- Assurance
- Good
- Inadequate
- RI to be good
- Assurance
- Monitoring visit
- Inadequate
- Good
- Assurance
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Inadequate
- RI to be good
- Good
- Wymondham College3 May 2019 ·Boarding School· Norfolk· very positive tone· Ashley Hinson, Deirdra Keating, Louisa Bayley +2Outstanding
- International Stanborough School28 Mar 2019 ·Other independent school· Hertfordshire· critical tone· Heather Yaxley, Ashley Hinson, Ricky D’ArcyInspection
- Hockerill Anglo European- College14 Mar 2019 ·Social care· East Hertfordshire· very positive tone· Ashley Hinson, Deirdra Keating, Natalie Burton +1Good
- Inspection
- Ramsden Hall Academy5 Mar 2019 ·Academy special sponsor led· Essex· mixed tone· Kim Hall, Ashley Hinson, Caroline Pardy +3Report
- Good
- Inspection
- Good
- Inspection
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Acorn Norfolk Limited in Norfolk7 Mar 2018 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Norfolk· critical tone· Deirdra Keating, Ashley HinsonInspection
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Report
- Report
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Outstanding
- Good
- Inadequate
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Inadequate
- Good
- RI to be good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Acorn Norfolk Limited in Norfolk8 Jun 2017 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Norfolk· positive tone· Deirdra Keating, Ashley HinsonGood
- Good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Interim
- Interim
- Interim
- Interim
- Interim
- Report
- Gretton School24 Feb 2017 ·Other independent special school· Cambridgeshire· positive tone· Declan McCarthy, Ashley HinsonReport
- Report
- Wymondham College23 Jan 2017 ·Academy converter· Norfolk· positive tone· Ashley Hinson, Brenda McInerney, Deirdra Keating +1Report
- Interim
- Good
- Interim
- RI to be good
- Report
- Report
- Interim
- Interim
- Report
- Report
- Good
- RI to be good
- Report
- Report
- RI to be good
- Interim
- Report
- Good
- Report
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Acorn Norfolk Limited in Norfolk13 Jul 2016 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Norfolk· mixed tone· Ashley Hinson, Clive LucasRI to be good
- Report
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Report
- Report
- Report
- RI to be good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Acorn Norfolk Limited in Norfolk18 May 2016 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Norfolk· very critical tone· Ashley Hinson, Clive LucasInadequate
- Felixstowe International College12 May 2016 ·Other independent school· Suffolk· critical tone· Heather Yaxley, Ashley Hinson, Jennifer CarpenterReport
- Interim
- RI to be good
- Interim
- Interim
- Interim
- Interim
- Interim
- Interim
- Interim
- Interim
- Report
- Interim
- Interim
- Eaton Hall Specialist Academy9 Feb 2016 ·Academy special converter· Norfolk· mostly positive tone· Ashley Hinson, Fiona LittlefieldReport
- Report
- Interim
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Acorn Norfolk Limited in Norfolk23 Sept 2015 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Norfolk· critical tone· Deirdra Keating, Ashley HinsonRI to be good
- RI to be good
- Interim
- Inspection
- Assurance
- Inspection
- Assurance
- Inspection
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