‘Direct link’ between Ruth Perry’s death and Ofsted inspection, inquest told

Members of Parents against Ofsted hold photographs of Ruth Perry outside the Department for Education in London in March. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian

There was a “direct link” between Ruth Perry’s death and the Ofsted inspection that rated her school inadequate, the chair of the board of governors has told an inquest.

The school’s two deputy headteachers also told the inquest in Reading there was “absolutely” a link between the inspection and Perry’s subsequent mental deterioration and death earlier this year.