Social Care Inspector
Jess Baines
Active in published reports from Aug 2024 to Sept 2026.
Inspections
71
As lead
58
82% of visits
Last 12 months
33
Remits
2
Social care 70 · Other 1
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care61 graded by Jess
Jess
National
| Outstanding | 11% | 12% | 0 |
| Good | 70% | 68% | +3 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 16% | 15% | +2 |
| Inadequate | 2% | 6% | -4 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 61 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Jess Baines's reports read in line with others with the same grade (warmer than 43% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- −3
- Length
- Typical
- Next steps
- 5.1
- per report
- Hedged
- 3%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Staff development 90%Leadership & governance 90%Safeguarding 80%Progress & outcomes 70%Records & policies 65%Teaching & assessment 58%Care & placements 56%Behaviour 41%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected61
Leadership and management61
All inspections (71)
- RI to be good
- Good
- Compass Fostering Central Ltd14 Aug 2026 ·Independent Fostering Services· Leicestershire· mostly positive tone· Louise Copping, Jess Baines, Terrianne GeorgeGood
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Alliance Foster Care12 Jun 2026 ·Independent Fostering Services· West Northamptonshire· positive tone· Jess Baines, Caroline CoopGood
- Good
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
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- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Fusion Fostering North East23 May 2025 ·Independent Fostering Services· Nottinghamshire· positive tone· Laura Walker, Jess BainesGood
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Report
- Good
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Inadequate
- Good
Where they've inspected
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