A headteacher says she will refuse Ofsted inspectors entry to her school after the death of fellow school leader Ruth Perry, as teaching unions call for a pause in inspections.

Ms Perry, who was head at Caversham Primary School in Reading, took her own life in January while waiting for an Ofsted report which gave her school the lowest possible rating, her family said.

It comes after Julia Waters said her sister, Ms Perry, had experienced the "worst day of her life" when inspectors reviewed the school in November - and as unions representing education providers call on Ofsted to pause inspections this week.

Ms Waters has called for schools to "boycott Ofsted".

Flora Cooper, the executive headteacher of the John Rankin Schools in nearby Newbury, Berkshire, tweeted on Monday, March 20: "I’ve just had the call. I’ve refused entry.

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