Ofsted will start recording when inspections are paused after admitting it could not back-up claims made under oath that inspectors had halted visits due to headteacher distress.
A coroner last month ruled an Ofsted inspection in November 2022 contributed to the death by suicide of headteacher Ruth Perry in January last year.
The watchdog gave evidence at the inquest that it had previously paused inspections due to headteacher distress.
Chris Russell, Ofsted’s then-national director for education, said while there was no written guidance on modifying inspections where heads were under “high levels of stress”, this was a “core value” of inspector training.
