Delegates at a headteachers' conference in Telford observed a one-minute silence yesterday in memory of Ruth Perry, who took her own life after an Ofsted inspection.
Ofsted inspections are a “brutal process” and they need to change, the vice-president of the National Association of Head Teachers has said.
Ofsted has been under scrutiny after Ruth Perry, a head teacher at Caversham Primary School in Reading, Berkshire, took her own life in January while awaiting its report which downgraded her school from the highest rating to the lowest.Mr Kidwell told Times Radio: “The tragedy of Ruth Perry, that could have been us.
“It would just have been a devastating impact on my own personal health and also the school, because the school now will have to be academised. It’s got that label, so it’s a brutal process.”Mr Kidwell, who said Ofsted visited his school earlier this month, also told the programme: “I’ve got to say they were a very good team, they really did go and take staff wellbeing into account.“However, it was a very intense procedure and two of my staff have really struggled with that inspection process.
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