Ofsted reacts to headteacher Ruth Perry's death saying it would not 'be in children's best interests' to stop inspections

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Ofsted has reacted to calls for an overhaul in the wake of headteacher Ruth Perry's death. The education watchdog has been under fire after the head's family claim she took her own life as a 'direct result of pressure' she was under due to an inspection at her school.

Her sister Professor Julia Waters said inspectors claimed a boy doing a 'floss' dance move, from the video game Fortnite, was evidence of the sexualisation of children at Caversham Primary School in Reading and that the 53-year-old took her own life waiting for a negative report. READ MORE: Nursery boss says 30 hours free childcare scheme will never work unless 'workforce crisis' is addressed The tragedy has sparked an outcry across the profession, with the National Education Union; school leaders' union NAHT; and the Association of School and College Leaders calling for inspections to be halted and one headteacher threatening to refuse access to inspectors who called earlier this week.

On Wednesday we shared concerns from teachers in Manchester, who say drastic change is needed to prevent this happening again.

After being inundated with stories from fellow teachers and headteachers about what they called a 'toxic inspection process', teacher Lee Parkinson is using his ICT with Mr P Facebook and Instagram forums to campaign 'in Ruth's memory'.