Social Care Inspector
Joanna Heller
Active in published reports from Sept 2008 to Feb 2026.
Inspections
209
As lead
198
95% of visits
Last 12 months
2
Remits
2
Social care 191 · Other 18
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care25 graded by Joanna
Joanna
National
| Outstanding | 16% | 12% | +4 |
| Good | 64% | 68% | -4 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 20% | 15% | +5 |
| Inadequate | 0% | 6% | -6 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 90 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Joanna Heller's reports read in line with others with the same grade (warmer than 85% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- +5
- Length
- +22%
- Next steps
- 6.6
- per report
- Hedged
- 6%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Staff development 78%Leadership & governance 66%Care & placements 64%Records & policies 59%Safeguarding 58%Health & safety 57%Behaviour 51%Teaching & assessment 50%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected87
Leadership and management75
All inspections (209)
- Monitoring visit
- Outstanding
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- By The Bridge26 May 2023 ·Independent Fostering Services· Kent· critical tone· Joanna Heller, Mike Simmonds, Skye Frain +1RI to be good
- Good
- An Independent Social Work/Play Therapy Service8 Mar 2023 ·Adoption Support Agencies, Adults and children· Surrey· very positive tone· Joanna HellerGood
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
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- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Green Frog Holidays9 Aug 2022 ·Residential holiday scheme for disabled children· Leicestershire· very positive tone· Joanna Heller, Rachel WatkinsonOutstanding
- Good
- Fostering UK24 Jun 2022 ·Independent Fostering Services· Hertfordshire· mostly positive tone· Joanna Heller, Rosie DavieGood
- Monitoring visit
- Barnardo's Adoption North England27 May 2022 ·Voluntary Adoption Agency· Durham· positive tone· Tina Maddison, Jacqueline Tate, Joanna Heller +3Good
- RI to be good
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- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Inspection
- Outstanding
- Good
- Family Works Fostering Limited28 Jan 2022 ·Independent Fostering Services· Southend on Sea· positive tone· Joanna Heller, Tom AnthonyGood
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- RI to be good
- Good
- Inadequate
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- Good
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- Inadequate
- Good
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- Inadequate
- Family Affect Ltd15 Apr 2021 ·Adoption Support Agencies, Adults and children· Essex· mostly positive tone· Clive Lucas, Joanna HellerGood
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- Good
- Break Fostering Service7 Feb 2020 ·Independent Fostering Services· Norfolk· mostly positive tone· Joanna Heller, Angela WestonRI to be good
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- Good
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- RI to be good
- Assurance
- Outstanding
- Assurance
- Inadequate
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Achieving Aspirations Community Interest Company3 Jun 2019 ·Residential holiday scheme for disabled children· Suffolk· mostly positive tone· Joanna HellerGood
- National Fostering Agency17 May 2019 ·Independent Fostering Services· Suffolk· positive tone· Rosie Davie, Deirdra Keating, Joanna Heller +1Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Fostering UK4 Mar 2019 ·Independent Fostering Services· Hertfordshire· critical tone· Clive Lucas, Joanna HellerAssurance
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- RI to be good
- Good
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- Good
- Good
- Good
- UK Fostering16 Mar 2018 ·Independent Fostering Services· Kent· positive tone· Rosie Davie, Heather Chaplin, Joanna Heller +2Good
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- Good
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- Children First Fostering Agency12 Jan 2018 ·Independent Fostering Services· Essex· mostly positive tone· Joanna Heller, Rosie DavieGood
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- Good
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- RI to be good
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- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Aurora Care and Education Opco Limited in Cambridgeshire26 Sept 2016 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Cambridgeshire· very positive tone· Joanna HellerGood
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- Good
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