A schools inspector from Manchester has resigned in protest after a teacher took her own life. He has also branded Ofsted, who he worked for as "inadequate".
Ruth Perry took her own life in January, and her sister has said her death was a “direct result” of the "process and outcome" of an Ofsted inspection that saw the school’s rating downgraded from “outstanding” to “inadequate”. Her family said an inspection at her school - Caversham Primary School in Reading - had turned her into 'an absolute shadow of herself'.
The resignation of Dr Martin Hanbury, comes after last week a hundred headteachers in Salford called for Ofsted inspections to be halted after Ruth's death. In a letter they say of their profession that "an ethic of proud and humble public service is being eroded by a regime of fear and humiliation" conducted by the watchdog.
