Ofsted inspectors should ‘hand in badges’ to support Ruth Perry, sister says

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} School leaders who work as Ofsted inspectors should hand in their badges and refuse to be complicit in the watchdog’s “reign of terror”, the sister of a headteacher who took her own life has said. An inspection report, published on Ofsted’s website in March, found Ms Perry’s school to be “good” in every category apart from leadership and management, where it was judged to be “inadequate”. “If Ofsted and the Government continue to refuse to pause inspections, and certainly the optimal moment for doing that has passed, then I call on them to commission an urgent independent review of Ofsted’s framework, systems and culture.” Delegates at the NAHT’s conference observed a one-minute silence in memory of Ms Perry ahead of her sister’s speech. Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson extended her “personal condolences” to Ms Perry’s family, friends and colleagues on Saturday.