The headteacher and deputy at the first school revisited under the Ofsted rapid re-inspection system – introduced after Ruth Perry’s death – have resigned, saying the process was still too “traumatic”.
The watchdog announced in June that all schools graded ‘inadequate’ due to ineffective safeguarding, but where all other judgments were ‘good’ or better, would be revisited within three months of their report’s publication.
The policy was introduced after the death of Perry, who had been headteacher at Caversham Primary in Berkshire. Ofsted said it would “allow the school to put matters right and have its grade swiftly changed”.
Previously, another graded inspection for such schools could take up to two-and-a-half years.
