Ofsted chief Amanda Spielman has said she has no “reason to doubt” the inspection before the death of headteacher Ruth Perry. Ms Perry, who was headteacher at Caversham Primary School in Reading, took her own life in January while waiting for an Ofsted report which downgraded her school to the lowest possible rating, her family said.
Pressure has been mounting on the schools watchdog in England following the incident, but its chief inspector has defended the system used to give rankings. Ms Spielman told the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg On Sunday programme: “I think the findings were secure and I think the inspection team worked with the professionalism and sensitivity that I would expect from our inspectors.
“From what I’ve seen, I don’t have any reason to doubt the inspection. Inspection is a sensitive process. We are there looking for children, looking for whether education is right for children, looking at whether protecting children’s welfare is happening the way it should.
