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Neil Shaw & Eve Beattie

Primary school headteacher took own life after 'Inadequate' Ofsted inspection report

A primary school headteacher took her own life following an inspection in which her school was given the lowest possible rating, her family have said. Ruth Perry, 53, was the headteacher at Caversham Primary School in Reading.

She died by suicide in January after waiting for Ofsted's report, which deemed the leadership and management at her school Inadequate, a downgrade from Outstanding. Julia Waters, Ms Perry's sister said she had experienced the “worst day of her life” after inspectors reviewed the school on November 15 and 16 last year, Wales Online reports.

She told BBC South that inspectors claimed there was evidence of the sexualisation of children at the school after a boy was seen doing a flossing dance move, from the video game Fortnite.

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