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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amy-Clare Martin

Headteacher Ruth Perry said Ofsted inspector who downgraded school was a ‘bully’ who had an ‘agenda’

Brighter Futures for Children

Headteacher Ruth Perry felt that the lead Ofsted inspector was a “bully” who had an agenda during a damning review of her school which left her “destroyed and humiliated”, her husband has revealed.

Ms Perry, 53, took her own life months after Caversham Primary School in Reading was downgraded from “outstanding” to “inadequate” after safeguarding concerns were raised during an inspection by the school’s watchdog in November last year.

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