Schools inspections could be paused for up to five days if there are serious concerns about the wellbeing of leaders, Ofsted’s new policy sets out.
As first revealed by Schools Week, the inspectorate has now introduced a policy to pause inspections.
In its response to the coroner’s report into the death of head Ruth Perry, the watchdog admitted there had “previously been no clear, written policy for pausing inspections”.
Coroner Heidi Connor said it was “suggested by Ofsted witnesses that it is an option to pause an ongoing inspection because of reasons of teacher distress”.
