Social Care Inspector
Sara Stoker
Active in published reports from Jun 2021 to Aug 2026.
Inspections
153
As lead
126
82% of visits
Last 12 months
8
Remits
1
Social care 153
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care111 graded by Sara
Sara
National
| Outstanding | 17% | 12% | +5 |
| Good | 50% | 68% | -17 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 14% | 15% | 0 |
| Inadequate | 18% | 6% | +12 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 122 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Sara Stoker's reports read more critical than others with the same grade (warmer than 10% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- −11
- Length
- −4%
- Next steps
- 5.0
- per report
- Hedged
- 5%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Leadership & governance 89%Staff development 86%Care & placements 69%Safeguarding 68%Records & policies 65%Progress & outcomes 61%Behaviour 51%Curriculum 42%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected121
Leadership and management122
All inspections (153)
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Inadequate
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- Good
- St John’s School Community Holiday19 Aug 2025 ·Residential holiday scheme for disabled children· Surrey· very positive tone· Sara StokerOutstanding
- Over the Wall6 Aug 2025 ·Residential holiday scheme for disabled children· Hampshire· very positive tone· Sara StokerOutstanding
- Good
- Inadequate
- Outstanding
- Time out Fostering13 Dec 2024 ·Independent Fostering Services· West Sussex· critical tone· Vevene Muhammad, Sara StokerRI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Children's home run by Seva Childcare Ltd Assurance visit report: 2548794 96 Nov 2024 ·Children's home· very critical tone· Chelsea Agyeman, Dorothy Thompstone, Jo Mitchell +1Inadequate
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Outstanding
- Good
- Monitoring visit
Show all 153 inspections
- Monitoring visit
- Inadequate
- Inadequate
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Wandsworth Borough Council in Wandsworth13 Jun 2024 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Wandsworth· critical tone· Lee Kirwin, Rebecca Fisher, Sara StokerInadequate
- Monitoring visit
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Wandsworth Borough Council in Wandsworth15 May 2024 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Wandsworth· critical tone· Lee Kirwin, Sara StokerMonitoring visit
- Inadequate
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Inadequate
- By The Bridge19 Apr 2024 ·Independent Fostering Services· Kent· mostly positive tone· Skye Frain, Rebecca Fisher, Sara StokerGood
- For Families Ltd10 Apr 2024 ·Residential Family Centre· West Sussex· mostly positive tone· Vevene Muhammad, Sara StokerGood
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Inadequate
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Monitoring visit
- Broomhill Bank School- North12 Oct 2023 ·Residential Special School· Kent· very positive tone· Peter Jackson, Rodica Corbarzan, Sara StokerOutstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Assurance
- Outstanding
- Inadequate
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- Inadequate
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- Outstanding
- Inadequate
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Inadequate
- Assurance
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Inadequate
- Inspection
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Inadequate
- Monitoring visit
- Inadequate
- Monitoring visit
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by MacIntyre Care in Buckinghamshire14 Dec 2021 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Buckinghamshire· mixed tone· Ruth Coler, Sara StokerMonitoring visit
- Outstanding
- Monitoring visit
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by MacIntyre Care in Buckinghamshire23 Nov 2021 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Buckinghamshire· critical tone· Anna Williams, Sara StokerMonitoring visit
- Good
- Inadequate
- Good
- Claremont School23 Sept 2021 ·Boarding School· East Sussex· very positive tone· Keith Riley, Peter Jackson, Sara StokerOutstanding
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Inadequate
- RI to be good
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