Social Care Inspector
Tina Ruffles
Active in published reports from Mar 2016 to Aug 2026.
Inspections
188
As lead
158
84% of visits
Last 12 months
4
Remits
2
Social care 179 · Other 9
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Social care18 graded by Tina
Tina
National
| Outstanding | 28% | 12% | +16 |
| Good | 61% | 68% | -7 |
| Requires improvement to be good | 11% | 15% | -4 |
| Inadequate | 0% | 6% | -6 |
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 103 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Tina Ruffles's reports read warmer than others with the same grade (warmer than 90% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- +7
- Length
- +2%
- Next steps
- 4.2
- per report
- Hedged
- 3%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Leadership & governance 69%Staff development 66%Behaviour 63%Progress & outcomes 61%Care & placements 56%Parents & families 39%Records & policies 39%Safeguarding 36%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Helped and protected109
Leadership and management91
All inspections (188)
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- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Monitoring visit
- Foster Care Associates North East21 Feb 2025 ·Independent Fostering Services· Sunderland· very positive tone· Shirin Khan, Tina RufflesOutstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Good
- Report
- Outstanding
- Together For Children Adoption - Sunderland3 Nov 2022 ·Voluntary Adoption Agency, Domestic and inter-country adoption· Sunderland· positive tone· Tina Ruffles, Jacqueline Tate, Tracey Coglan GreigGood
- Good
- Barnardo's Adoption North England27 May 2022 ·Voluntary Adoption Agency· Durham· positive tone· Tina Maddison, Jacqueline Tate, Joanna Heller +3Good
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- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
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- Good
- Inadequate
- Inadequate
- Good
- Inadequate
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Hesley Services Limited in Doncaster2 Mar 2021 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Doncaster· mostly positive tone· Sue Hatton, Tina RufflesMonitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Monitoring visit
- Assurance
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- Assurance
- Good
- Assurance
- Inspection
- Young People At Heart12 Feb 2020 ·Independent Fostering Services· Doncaster· positive tone· Tina Ruffles, Jacqueline TateGood
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by The Hesley Group Limited in Doncaster10 Dec 2019 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Doncaster· critical tone· Paula Kelly, Jacqueline Tate, Tina RufflesAssurance
- Good
- Children's Home run by East Riding of Yorkshire Council in East Riding of Yorkshire19 Nov 2019 ·Children's Home· East Riding of Yorkshire· very critical tone· Tina Ruffles, Rachel RuthAssurance
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Assurance
- Report
- Good
- Inadequate
- Askham Bryan College12 Jun 2019 ·FE College with Residential Care· York· very positive tone· Tracey Mace-Akroyd, Tina RufflesReport
- Assurance
- Good
- RI to be good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Good
- Inspection
- Inspection
- Inspection
- Good
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by The Hesley Group Limited in Doncaster13 Dec 2018 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Doncaster· mostly positive tone· Tina Ruffles, Matt ReedGood
- Monitoring visit
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Inspection
- Good
- Report
- Good
- Good
- RI to be good
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Tyne Coast College17 May 2018 ·FE College with Residential Care· South Tyneside· very positive tone· Simon Morley, Tina RufflesReport
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Compass Fostering North Limited19 Mar 2018 ·Independent Fostering Services· Bradford· mostly positive tone· Tina Ruffles, Neil PenswickAssurance
- TACT Fostering Yorkshire & North East16 Mar 2018 ·Independent Fostering Services· Northumberland· positive tone· Clive Lucas, Tina RufflesGood
- Assurance
- Report
- Outstanding
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Cambian Autism Services Limited in North Yorkshire14 Feb 2018 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· North Yorkshire· positive tone· Tina Ruffles, Matt ReedGood
- Inspection
- Report
- Outstanding
- The City of Sunderland College24 Jan 2018 ·FE College with Residential Care· Northumberland· positive tone· Denise Jolly, Tina RufflesReport
- Outstanding
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by The Hesley Group Limited in Doncaster11 Jan 2018 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Doncaster· mostly positive tone· Tina Ruffles, Rachel HoldenGood
- Inspection
- Good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Hesley Services Limited in Doncaster13 Dec 2017 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· Doncaster· positive tone· Tina Ruffles, Matt ReedGood
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Outstanding
- Inadequate
- Good
- Interim
- Interim
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Cambian Autism Services Limited in North Yorkshire21 Mar 2017 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· North Yorkshire· positive tone· Tina RufflesInterim
- Interim
- Interim
- Interim
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- Interim
- Interim
- Interim
- Interim
- Interim
- Interim
- Interim
- Interim
- Interim
- Good
- Inadequate
- Interim
- Interim
- Interim
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Children's Home, Residential special school run by Cambian Autism Services Limited in North Yorkshire23 Nov 2016 ·Children's Home, Residential special school· North Yorkshire· mostly positive tone· Michele Hargan, Tina RufflesGood
- Good
- Outstanding
- Interim
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Good
- Interim
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- RI to be good
- Good
- Interim
- Assurance
- Assurance
- Assurance
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