Reading Borough Council will survey its headteachers annually about their mental health and take responsibility for challenging rogue inspections following the death of Ruth Perry.
The council said “the loss of Ruth must lead to learning and positive changes” in its response to three key concerns raised in a coroner’s ‘prevention of future deaths’ report.
Coroner Heidi Connor last year ruled an Ofsted inspection contributed to the suicide of Perry, who was headteacher at Caversham primary in Reading.
As well as wider concerns over Ofsted and the government, she recommended the council have a “written policy or guidance” to back up its stated “intention to adopt a more robust and proactive approach to dealing with” the inspectorate.
