Social Care Inspector
Mark Newington
Active in published reports from Jun 2019 to Aug 2026.
Inspections
150
As lead
111
74% of visits
Last 12 months
23
Remits
3
Social care 145 · Other 4 · Schools & FE 1
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care101 graded by Mark
Mark
National
| Outstanding | 24% | 12% | +12 |
| Good | 62% | 68% | -6 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 9% | 15% | -6 |
| Inadequate | 5% | 6% | -1 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 114 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Mark Newington's reports read more critical than others with the same grade (warmer than 21% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- −7
- Length
- −8%
- Next steps
- 3.5
- per report
- Hedged
- 4%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Leadership & governance 83%Staff development 79%Progress & outcomes 67%Safeguarding 62%Records & policies 54%Care & placements 52%Behaviour 50%Communication & language 49%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected114
Leadership and management114
All inspections (150)
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Inadequate
- Assurance
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Good
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Report
- Good
- Monitoring visit
Show all 150 inspections
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Royal Alexandra & Albert School (The)26 Jun 2025 ·Social care· Reigate and Banstead· mostly positive tone· Mark Newington, Becky Paradise, Kelly MonniotOutstanding
- Cranbrook School19 Jun 2025 ·Social care· Tunbridge Wells· very positive tone· Peter Jackson, Glen Strowbridge, Mark NewingtonOutstanding
- Chichester College12 Jun 2025 ·FE College with Residential Care· West Sussex· very positive tone· Jennie Christopher, Mark NewingtonReport
- Good
- Good
- Oxford International College3 Apr 2025 ·Other independent school· Oxfordshire· mostly positive tone· Kathryn Moles, Jill Sephton-Wright, Kelly Monniott +2Inspection
- Outstanding
- Good
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Monitoring visit
- Outstanding
- Monitoring visit
- Outstanding
- Good
- Outstanding
- Brockenhurst College22 Feb 2024 ·FE College with Residential Care· Hampshire· positive tone· Jennie Christopher, Mark Newington, Paul TaylorReport
- Good
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Outstanding
- Assurance
- Oxford International College, Brighton7 Dec 2023 ·Boarding School· Brighton and Hove· mostly positive tone· Mark Newington, Jay Shekleton, Jennie ChristopherGood
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Mary Hare School for the Deaf14 Sept 2023 ·Social care· West Berkshire· positive tone· Mark Newington, Mike Simmonds, Rebecca FisherGood
- Children's home run by The Loddon Foundation Limited14 Sept 2023 ·Children's home· mostly positive tone· Anne-Marie Davies, Jane Balfe, Jennie Christopher +1Outstanding
- RI to be good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- RI to be good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Wandsworth Borough Council in Wandsworth22 Jun 2023 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Wandsworth· mostly positive tone· Mark Newington, Lee Kirwin, Stephen ChallisGood
- Good
- Good
- Kings Oxford18 May 2023 ·Boarding School· Oxfordshire· mostly positive tone· Mark Newington, Anne-Marie Davies, Jill Sephton-Wright +1Good
- RI to be good
- Rikkyo School in England27 Apr 2023 ·Boarding School· West Sussex· mostly positive tone· Mark Newington, Anne-Marie Davies, Jill Sephton-Wright +1Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Wandsworth Borough Council in Wandsworth14 Sept 2022 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Wandsworth· positive tone· Mark Newington, Anthony Waite, Matt Nicholls +1Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by MacIntyre Academies in Oxfordshire3 Aug 2022 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Oxfordshire· mixed tone· Mark Newington, Jill Sephton-WrightGood
- Inadequate
- Good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by MacIntyre Academies in Oxfordshire28 Jun 2022 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Oxfordshire· critical tone· Mark NewingtonMonitoring visit
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Hillcrest Children’s Services Ltd in West Sussex22 Jun 2022 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· West Sussex· mostly positive tone· Mark NewingtonGood
- Duke Of York's Royal Military School16 Jun 2022 ·Boarding School· Kent· mostly positive tone· Peter Jackson, Mark Newington, Rebecca Fisher +1Good
- Good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by The Children’s Trust in Surrey20 May 2022 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Surrey· positive tone· Vevene Muhammad, Kelly Monniot, Mark NewingtonGood
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by MacIntyre Academies in Oxfordshire17 May 2022 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Oxfordshire· critical tone· Mark Newington, Emeline EvansInadequate
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Wandsworth Borough Council in Wandsworth19 Jan 2022 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Wandsworth· very critical tone· Mark NewingtonInspection
- Good
- Frewen College25 Nov 2021 ·Residential Special School· East Sussex· positive tone· Paul Taylor, Mark Newington, Rebecca FisherGood
- Outstanding
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Children's home run by Cambian Autism Services Limited in Hammersmith and Fulham22 Jun 2021 ·Children's home· Hammersmith and Fulham· very positive tone· Jill Sephton-Wright, Mark Newington, Matt NichollsOutstanding
- Good
- Good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Wandsworth Borough Council in Wandsworth21 May 2021 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Wandsworth· critical tone· Mark Newington, Rebecca FisherMonitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Wandsworth Borough Council in Wandsworth22 Apr 2021 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Wandsworth· critical tone· John Pledger, Mark Newington, Rebecca FisherRI to be good
- Good
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- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Assurance
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