Ofsted Inspector
Tom Hill
Active in published reports from Mar 2023 to Jun 2026.
Inspections
17
As lead
0
0% of visits
Last 12 months
3
Remits
1
Schools & FE 17
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
Schools & FE7 graded by Tom
Tom
National
| Outstanding | 14% | 10% | +4 |
| Good | 43% | 66% | -23 |
| Requires improvement | 43% | 19% | +24 |
| Inadequate | 0% | 5% | -5 |
Small sample: fewer than 10 graded inspections, so differences mean little.
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 7 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Tom Hill's reports read warmer than others with the same grade (warmer than 91% of inspectors).
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- Tone vs peers
- +10
- Length
- −5%
- Next steps
- 3.9
- per report
- Hedged
- 12%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Teaching & assessment 100%Curriculum 100%SEND & inclusion 94%Leadership & governance 94%Behaviour 88%Personal development 71%Reading & phonics 65%Progress & outcomes 47%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
Achievement3
Attendance and behaviour3
Behaviour and attitudes12
Curriculum and teaching3
Early years1
Inclusion3
Leadership and governance3
Leadership and management12
Personal development12
Personal development and wellbeing3
Post 16 provision2
Quality of education12
All inspections (17)
- SGS Forest High School30 Jun 2026 ·Academy sponsor led· Gloucestershire· mostly positive tone· James Oldham, Aimee Mitchell-White, Tom HilllowestNeeds attention
- Churchdown School17 Mar 2026 ·Academy converter· Gloucestershire· very positive tone· James Oldham, Jo Butler, Matthew Collins +3lowestExpected
- Torquay Boys' Grammar School24 Feb 2026 ·Academy converter· Torbay· very positive tone· Victoria Griffin, Iain Freeland, Mike Foley +2lowestExpected
- Good
- Good
- Oldfield School22 Jan 2025 ·Academy converter· Bath and North East Somerset· positive tone· Rachel Hesketh, Helen Kerr, Tom HillUngraded inspection
- Cleeve School15 Jan 2025 ·Academy converter· Gloucestershire· very positive tone· Matthew Barnes, Chris Walker, Leanne Mills +2Good
- Good
- Dene Magna and Sixth Form9 Oct 2024 ·Academy converter· Gloucestershire· positive tone· Frances Bywater, Alison Naylor, David Simons +1Outstanding
- Bournemouth School for Girls9 May 2024 ·Academy converter· Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole· very positive tone· Sarah Favager-Dalton, Jenny Maraspin, Matthew Collins +2Outstanding
- Gordano School1 May 2024 ·Academy converter· North Somerset· positive tone· Susan Aykin, Kathy Maddocks, Rachel Goodwin +4Good
- St Joseph's Catholic School7 Feb 2024 ·Voluntary aided school· Wiltshire· mostly positive tone· Sarah Favager-Dalton, Matthew Collins, Tom HillRequires improvement
- Hugh Sexey Church of England Middle School15 Nov 2023 ·Academy converter· Somerset· very positive tone· James Oldham, Stuart Wilson, Teresa Hill +1Good
- Inspection
- Writhlington School28 Sept 2023 ·Academy converter· Bath and North East Somerset· positive tone· Rachel Hesketh, Matthew Collins, Simon Tong +1Good
- Requires improvement
- St Cuthbert Mayne School22 Mar 2023 ·Voluntary aided school· Torbay· positive tone· Victoria Griffin, Claire Thomson, Joe Ambrose +1Requires improvement
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