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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Emma Gill

Ofsted reacts to headteacher Ruth Perry's death saying it would not 'be in children's best interests' to stop inspections

Ofsted has reacted to calls for an overhaul in the wake of headteacher Ruth Perry's death.

The education watchdog has been under fire after the head's family claim she took her own life as a 'direct result of pressure' she was under due to an inspection at her school.

Her sister Professor Julia Waters said inspectors claimed a boy doing a 'floss' dance move, from the video game Fortnite, was evidence of the sexualisation of children at Caversham Primary School in Reading and that the 53-year-old took her own life waiting for a negative report.

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