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The inquest into headteacher Ruth Perry’s death concluded that Ofsted ‘likely contributed’ to her taking her own life

Senior coroner says Ms Perry’s ‘mental health deterioration and death was likely contributed to by the Ofsted inspection’ at the conclusion of inquest

The headteacher took her own life after Ofsted downgraded her primary school from its highest rating to its lowest, inquest finds

Government-approved inspections of international schools don’t use one-word judgements, so why can’t Ofsted follow this example, asks this senior leader

This week’s essential education news includes new data revealing the difficulties in finding enough teachers and reaction to the DfE’s plans to limit teacher strikes

New chief inspector Janie McManus will play a key role in bringing about the new independent inspectorate of education

Inquest into death of headteacher Ruth Perry has heard evidence from senior Ofsted official

Join the ÌÇÐÄVlog News team as they discuss a week dominated by Ofsted after it released its final annual report before the change of the guard and a new era for the watchdog

From next year, schools will be able to contact Ofsted the day after an inspection if they are unhappy – plus other changes announced by the inspectorate

Schools rated ‘good and improving’ were more than twice as likely to be upgraded if judged under inspectorate’s old framework, ÌÇÐÄVlog analysis shows

This week’s essential education news includes an inquiry calling for Ofsted to stop inspecting schools and research showing a growing difference in pay for secondary heads

Chief inspector Amanda Spielman says the current grading system is ‘entirely in line’ with the models used by other public sector inspectorates