Social Care Inspector
Katie Ratcliffe
Active in published reports from Aug 2021 to Mar 2026.
Inspections
74
As lead
60
81% of visits
Last 12 months
3
Remits
1
Social care 74
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care57 graded by Katie
Katie
National
| Outstanding | 2% | 12% | -10 |
| Good | 72% | 68% | +4 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 19% | 15% | +5 |
| Inadequate | 7% | 6% | +1 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 63 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Katie Ratcliffe's reports read more critical than others with the same grade (warmer than 11% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- −11
- Length
- −3%
- Next steps
- 6.3
- per report
- Hedged
- 5%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Leadership & governance 92%Staff development 88%Records & policies 85%Progress & outcomes 74%Safeguarding 69%Care & placements 68%Parents & families 54%Teaching & assessment 32%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected57
Leadership and management63
All inspections (74)
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Children's home run by Cambian Autism Services Limited in Hammersmith and Fulham12 Aug 2025 ·Children's home· Hammersmith and Fulham· mostly positive tone· Katie Ratcliffe, Wendy AndersonGood
- Good
- Good
- TACT Fostering South West11 Apr 2025 ·Independent Fostering Services· Northumberland· mixed tone· Louise Bacon, Katie RatcliffeGood
- Good
- Fairways Care UK21 Feb 2025 ·Independent Fostering Services· Portsmouth· mostly positive tone· Katie Ratcliffe, Kerry FellGood
- Achieving For Children7 Feb 2025 ·Independent Fostering Services, Agency performing the function(s) of LAs· Windsor and Maidenhead· mostly positive tone· Katie Ratcliffe, Rebecca FisherGood
- Fostering Matters Ltd24 Jan 2025 ·Independent Fostering Services· Gloucestershire· positive tone· Katie Ratcliffe, Polly SoperGood
- Good
- Five Rivers Fostering Service20 Dec 2024 ·Independent Fostering Services· Wiltshire· mixed tone· Katie Ratcliffe, Hannah Spencer-TownesendGood
- Empower Fostering Limited21 Nov 2024 ·Independent Fostering Services, Refuge· Somerset· mixed tone· Louise Bacon, Katie RatcliffeGood
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Adoption West16 Aug 2024 ·Voluntary Adoption Agency, Inter-country adoption· Wiltshire· mostly positive tone· Katie Ratcliffe, Louise Bacon, Tina MaddisonGood
- Children's Home run by Lily Residential Services Ltd in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole6 Aug 2024 ·Children's Home· Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole· mostly positive tone· Katie RatcliffeGood
- RI to be good
- Good
- Slough Adoption Service24 Feb 2023 ·Voluntary Adoption Agency, Domestic adoption· Slough· mostly positive tone· Katie Ratcliffe, Skye FrainGood
- Assurance
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- Good
- New Park Project (The)31 Jan 2023 ·Children's Home· Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole· mostly positive tone· Katie RatcliffeGood
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Monitoring visit
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Cotswold Chine School in Gloucestershire30 Nov 2022 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Gloucestershire· mixed tone· Wendy Anderson, Clare Nixson, Katie Ratcliffe +1RI to be good
- Assurance
- Good
- New Park Project (The)26 Oct 2022 ·Children's Home· Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole· very critical tone· Katie RatcliffeInadequate
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Barnardo's Adoption North England27 May 2022 ·Voluntary Adoption Agency· Durham· positive tone· Tina Maddison, Jacqueline Tate, Joanna Heller +3Good
- Inadequate
- Inadequate
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Inspection
- Good
- Inadequate
- Good
- RI to be good
- Adoption West28 Jan 2022 ·Voluntary Adoption Agency, Inter-country adoption· Wiltshire· mixed tone· Tina Maddison, Katie Ratcliffe, Linda BondGood
- Good
- Families for Children Adoption Agency14 Jan 2022 ·Voluntary Adoption Agency, Domestic and inter-country adoption· Devon· positive tone· Linda Bond, Katie RatcliffeGood
- Inspection
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Thornleigh Camphill Communities Limited in South Gloucestershire10 Sept 2021 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· South Gloucestershire· positive tone· Katie Ratcliffe, Paula LaheyGood
- RI to be good
- Good
- Inadequate
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