Former chief inspector Amanda Spielman has suggested Ofsted did not get its inspection of Ruth Perry’s school wrong, in her first interview since stepping down.
Spielman also discussed the Michaela Community School prayer ban row, getting “a union bashing for supporting reopening schools” during the pandemic and why she pushed for inspections at the multi academy trust level.
Her remarks, made in an interview with broadcaster Rachel Johnson for her Difficult Women podcast, come after a coroner ruled in December that Ofsted inspection contributed the suicide of Perry, the head of Caversham Primary School in Reading.
Schools Week has rounded up the key points from Spielman’s interview.
