Social Care Inspector
Gina Lightfoot
Active in published reports from Jan 2023 to Sept 2026.
Inspections
111
As lead
87
78% of visits
Last 12 months
27
Remits
2
Social care 106 · Other 5
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care77 graded by Gina
Gina
National
| Outstanding | 10% | 12% | -1 |
| Good | 64% | 68% | -4 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 22% | 15% | +7 |
| Inadequate | 4% | 6% | -2 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 77 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Gina Lightfoot's reports read more critical than others with the same grade (warmer than 10% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- −12
- Length
- +4%
- Next steps
- 4.9
- per report
- Hedged
- 4%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Leadership & governance 86%Records & policies 81%Staff development 69%Progress & outcomes 67%Safeguarding 61%Teaching & assessment 52%Health & safety 50%Care & placements 50%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected76
Leadership and management78
All inspections (111)
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Inadequate
- Foundations Sheffield8 Jul 2026 ·Residential Family Centre· Sheffield· mixed tone· Joanna Scott, Cath Sikakana, Gina LightfootGood
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- St Anne’s School and Sixth Form College28 Jan 2026 ·Social care· East Riding of Yorkshire· very positive tone· Claire Webster, Gina LightfootOutstanding
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Assurance
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- Good
Show all 111 inspections
- Report
- Bishop Burton College23 Oct 2025 ·Other· East Riding of Yorkshire· very positive tone· Steve Guirey, Gina Lightfoot, Ladean WilsonReport
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Tyne Coast College12 Jun 2025 ·FE College with Residential Care· South Tyneside· positive tone· Jo Birtwhistle, Gina LightfootReport
- Inadequate
- Askham Bryan College15 May 2025 ·FE College with Residential Care· York· mostly positive tone· Steve Guirey, Gina Lightfoot, Jo BirtwhistleReport
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Outstanding
- Assurance
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by The National Autistic Society in Barnsley4 Dec 2024 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Barnsley· critical tone· Gina Lightfoot, Sarah McGowRI to be good
- Assurance
- Outstanding
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Inadequate
- Assurance
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Assurance
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Options Autism (1) Limited in North Lincolnshire21 Nov 2023 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· North Lincolnshire· very critical tone· Gina Lightfoot, Rachel RuthAssurance
- RI to be good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Assurance
- Monitoring visit
- Children's Home run by YMCA Robin Hood Group in East Riding of Yorkshire15 Aug 2023 ·Children's Home· East Riding of Yorkshire· mostly positive tone· Gina Lightfoot, Lee RileyGood
- RI to be good
- Children's Home run by North Lincolnshire Council in North Lincolnshire11 Jul 2023 ·Children's Home· North Lincolnshire· very critical tone· Gina Lightfoot, Paula ShepherdAssurance
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Options Autism (1) Limited in North Lincolnshire11 May 2023 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· North Lincolnshire· mixed tone· Aaron Mcloughlin, Gina Lightfoot, Rachel WebsterReport
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Good
- Assurance
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Children's home run by Aspris Children’s Services Limited in Hammersmith and Fulham11 Jan 2023 ·Children's home· Hammersmith and Fulham· very positive tone· Alexandra Howitt, Gina LightfootOutstanding
- Good
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