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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Catherine Wylie

Union threatens legal action after Ofsted fails to pause school inspections

PA Wire

A school leaders’ union has indicated it may take legal action against Ofsted following its failure to pause inspections in the aftermath of headteacher Ruth Perry’s death.

Ms Perry, who was headteacher at Caversham Primary School in Reading, killed herself in January while waiting for an Ofsted report which downgraded her school to the lowest possible rating, her family said.

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