following the suicide of a primary head whose school had been downgraded to inadequate . chief inspector amanda spielman acknowledged there was a culture of fear within schools about 0fsted inspections but she said there was no reason to doubt the findings of a report on caversham primary school before the death of ruth perry. here s our education editor branwen jeffreys. ruth perry took her life while waiting for an 0fsted report. her school, caversham primary, wasjudged inadequate. inspectors had concerns over systems to keep children safe. today, the chief inspector stood by thatjudgment. i think the findings were secure and i think the inspection team worked with the professionalism and sensitivity that i would expect from our inspectors. have you any concerns at all about what happened during that inspection, when her school went from outstanding to inadequate? from what i have seen, i don t have any reason to doubt the inspection.
to keep children safe. today, the chief inspector stood by thatjudgment. i think the findings were secure and i think the inspection team worked with the professionalism and sensitivity that i would expect from our inspectors. have you any concerns at all about what happened during that inspection, when her school went from outstanding to inadequate? from what i ve seen, i don t have any reason to doubt the inspection. i met ruth s sister, julia waters, last week. today, she said she was profoundly disappointed by this response. she added. waiting for the inspection report and the shock of the inadequate judgment contributed to my sister s decline and despair, because informal feedback in 2019 from 0fsted had been glowing. schools are inspected on many factors. at the end, there is one overalljudgment. many are now questioning
while waiting for an ofsted report. her school, caversham primary, wasjudged inadequate. inspectors had concerns over systems to keep children safe. today the chief inspector stood by thatjudgment. i think the findings were secure and i think the inspection team worked with the professionalism and sensitivity that i would expect from our inspectors. have you any concerns at all about what happened during that inspection, when her school went from outstanding to inadequate? from what i ve seen, i don t have any reason to doubt the inspection. i met ruth s sister, julia waters, last week. today she said she was profoundly disappointed by this response. she added. waiting for the inspection report and the shock of the inadequate judgment contributed to my sister s decline and despair, because informal feedback in 2019 from ofsted had been glowing.
wants to see. what i think needs to happen and should have happened already is a pause in inspections. no, there is no doubt in my family s mind at all that ruth killed herself because of that ofsted inspection. she was fine beforehand. she was not fine during and after it. so it is a potentially dangerous system. i think a pause in inspections is the decent, human, empathetic, correct thing to do. ofsted found caversham primary provided a good education, but it was rated inadequate overall because of safeguarding, checks on staff and records on keeping children safe. ofsted said it is listening and making changes quicker follow up where safeguarding is a concern, changes to the complaints system, more briefings for headteachers to demystify inspections.
wants to see. what i think needs to happen and should have happened already is a pause in inspections. no, there is no doubt in my family s mind at all that ruth killed herself because of that ofsted inspection. she was fine beforehand. she was not fine during and after it. so it is a potentially dangerous system. i think a pause in inspections is the decent, human, empathetic, correct thing to do. ofsted found caversham primary provided a good education, but it was rated inadequate overall because of safeguarding, checks on staff and records on keeping children safe. ofsted said it is listening and making changes quicker follow up where safeguarding is a concern. changes to the complaint system. more briefings for headteachers to demystify inspections.