Social Care Inspector
Janine Shortman-Thomas
Active in published reports from May 2015 to Aug 2026.
Inspections
150
As lead
139
93% of visits
Last 12 months
1
Remits
2
Social care 139 · Other 11
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care5 graded by Janine
Janine
National
| Outstanding | 20% | 12% | +8 |
| Good | 80% | 68% | +12 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 0% | 15% | -15 |
| Inadequate | 0% | 6% | -6 |
Small sample: fewer than 10 graded inspections, so differences mean little.
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 59 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Janine Shortman-Thomas's reports read in line with others with the same grade (warmer than 81% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- +4
- Length
- +28%
- Next steps
- 5.7
- per report
- Hedged
- 3%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Care & placements 73%Progress & outcomes 68%Leadership & governance 68%Staff development 66%Behaviour 52%Records & policies 52%Safeguarding 37%Health & safety 36%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected68
Leadership and management42
All inspections (150)
- Vinney Green Secure Unit4 Aug 2026 ·Children's home· South Gloucestershire· positive tone· Thirza Smith, Janine Shortman-ThomasMonitoring visit
- Good
- Children's home run by The National Autistic Society in Islington13 Feb 2024 ·Children's home· Islington· very positive tone· Gemma McDonnell, Janine Shortman-ThomasGood
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- Outstanding
- Inspection
- Good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Hesley Services Limited in Doncaster5 May 2021 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Doncaster· mixed tone· Janine Shortman-ThomasMonitoring visit
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by The Hesley Group Limited in Doncaster5 May 2021 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Doncaster· mixed tone· Janine Shortman-ThomasMonitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Children's Home run by Tees-Valley Care Limited in Redcar and Cleveland26 Nov 2019 ·Children's Home· Redcar and Cleveland· mixed tone· Parveen Hussain, Janine Shortman-ThomasMonitoring visit
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Inadequate
- Children's home run by Cambian Childcare Limited in Hammersmith and Fulham11 Jul 2018 ·Children's home· Hammersmith and Fulham· mostly positive tone· Janine Shortman-Thomas, Sarah BillettGood
- RI to be good
- Good
- Inspection
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