Headteacher killed herself after news of low Ofsted rating, family says

Ruth Perry was a former pupil at the school and had worked there for 13 years. Photograph: Brighter Futures for Children

A headteacher killed herself after she was told that her school would be given the lowest possible Ofsted rating, her family has said.

Ruth Perry, 53, who had worked at Caversham primary school in Reading for 13 years, took her own life in January after she was informed that the school was being downgraded from outstanding to inadequate.