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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amy-Clare Martin

Tearful headteacher Ruth Perry looked in ‘physical pain’ after learning school would be downgraded by Ofsted

Brighter Futures for Children

Headteacher Ruth Perry broke down and looked like she was in “physical pain” after learning her school would be downgraded by Ofsted inspectors, an inquest into her death has heard.

Ms Perry, who took her own life after Caversham Primary School in Reading was regraded from “outstanding” to “inadequate”, feared she “couldn’t show her face again” after being given the news on the second day of an inspection in November last year.

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