Social Care Inspector
Thobekile Bandama
Active in published reports from Feb 2019 to Sept 2026.
Inspections
75
As lead
59
79% of visits
Last 12 months
21
Remits
1
Social care 75
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care64 graded by Thobekile
Thobekile
National
| Outstanding | 13% | 12% | +1 |
| Good | 81% | 68% | +13 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 5% | 15% | -10 |
| Inadequate | 2% | 6% | -4 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 64 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Thobekile Bandama's reports read in line with others with the same grade (warmer than 85% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- +5
- Length
- −9%
- Next steps
- 4.5
- per report
- Hedged
- 4%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Staff development 92%Leadership & governance 87%Progress & outcomes 80%Safeguarding 63%Records & policies 63%Parents & families 53%Care & placements 45%Teaching & assessment 40%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected65
Leadership and management65
All inspections (75)
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Foster Care Associates South East12 Jun 2026 ·Independent Fostering Services· Southwark· positive tone· Thobekile Bandama, Angela Reid, Richard WyperGood
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- Assurance
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Outstanding
Show all 75 inspections
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Rainbow Fostering Services Limited16 May 2025 ·Independent Fostering Services· Harrow· positive tone· Colin Bent, Matilda Clode, Thobekile BandamaOutstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- Banya Family Placement Agency28 Jun 2024 ·Independent Fostering Services· Southwark· very positive tone· Sandra Jacobs-Walls, Thobekile BandamaOutstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Children's home run by Cambian Autism Services Limited in Hammersmith and Fulham16 Nov 2023 ·Children's home· Hammersmith and Fulham· very positive tone· Hannah Cox, Sarah Olliver, Thobekile BandamaOutstanding
- Good
- Good
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