England’s school leaders’ unions have joined forces to demand an immediate halt to Ofsted visits, after it was ruled an inspection contributed to headteacher Ruth Perry’s death.
Coroner Heidi Conner told an inquest last week that the former Caversham Primary headteacher’s “mental health deteriorated significantly” after her school was rated ‘inadequate’ last autumn.
The coroner plans to issue a regulation 28 report setting out action that should be taken to prevent future deaths.
Now Geoff Barton and Paul Whiteman, general secretaries of the Association of School and College Leaders and National Association of Head Teachers, have urged the watchdog to pause all visits to address Conner’s concerns.
