Headteacher killed herself 'over Ofsted report'
A popular Reading headteacher killed herself after worrying about a negative Ofsted report about her school, her family has said. Caversham Primary School principal Ruth Perry died on 8 January 2023 shortly after being told her school was being downgraded from outstanding to inadequate following a 15-16 November 2022 Ofsted inspection. The report, which was provided to the school this week and which prompted school unions to call for Ofsted inspections to be suspended, found the school to be ‘good’ in every category, apart from leadership and management, where it was judged to be "inadequate". A statement from Ruth Perry’s family accused inspectors of reaching conclusions that were “sensationalist and drawn from scant evidence.” A 2021 report noted Ofsted inspections have been linked to a succession of teacher suicides.
BBC South Today report, 16 March 2023.
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Vejam também o texto completo (pdf) do documento abaixo
Work-related suicide: a qualitative analysis of recent cases with recommendations for reform, Sarah Waters and Hilda Palmer, University of Leeds, July 2021.
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