Social Care Inspector
Colin Jones
Active in published reports from Nov 2022 to Aug 2026.
Inspections
136
As lead
117
86% of visits
Last 12 months
34
Remits
2
Social care 134 · Other 2
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care113 graded by Colin
Colin
National
| Outstanding | 17% | 12% | +5 |
| Good | 67% | 68% | -1 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 14% | 15% | -1 |
| Inadequate | 2% | 6% | -4 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 112 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Colin Jones's reports read warmer than others with the same grade (warmer than 90% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- +6
- Length
- −5%
- Next steps
- 4.3
- per report
- Hedged
- 2%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Staff development 89%Leadership & governance 82%Progress & outcomes 75%Records & policies 67%Safeguarding 60%Care & placements 57%Behaviour 54%Parents & families 49%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected113
Leadership and management113
All inspections (136)
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- TACT Fostering - North West19 Jun 2026 ·Independent Fostering Services· Liverpool· very positive tone· Colin Jones, Nicola JefferyOutstanding
- Good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Sparks Fostering21 Apr 2026 ·Independent Fostering Services· Manchester· mostly positive tone· Colin Jones, Alexandra PearsonReport
- Assurance
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Assurance
- Outstanding
- Assurance
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- Assurance
- Good
- Outstanding
Show all 136 inspections
- Good
- Assurance
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- Assurance
- RI to be good
- Good
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Oversands School24 Jul 2025 ·Other independent special school· Westmorland and Furness· critical tone· Dave Carrigan, Colin JonesReport
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Alpha Plus Fostering Limited24 Jan 2025 ·Independent Fostering Services· Oldham· positive tone· Colin Jones, Michelle GreenhalghOutstanding
- Good
- Outstanding
- Olive Branch Fostering Ltd29 Nov 2024 ·Independent Fostering Services· Lancashire· very positive tone· Colin Jones, Nicola ForresterOutstanding
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Fostering Ltd14 Aug 2024 ·Independent Fostering Services· Lancashire· mostly positive tone· Colin Jones, Nicola ShawGood
- By the Bridge North West2 Aug 2024 ·Independent Fostering Services· Cheshire East· mostly positive tone· Dawn Parton, Colin Jones, Zillah BrooksGood
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- Good
- Thrive Foster Care Ltd10 May 2024 ·Independent Fostering Services· Blackburn with Darwen· mostly positive tone· Nicola Clements, Colin JonesGood
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Monitoring visit
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Inadequate
- RI to be good
- Children's home run by ROC Northwest Limited in Westmorland and Furness30 Nov 2022 ·Children's home· Westmorland and Furness· mostly positive tone· Mark Woodbridge, Colin JonesGood
- Outstanding
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