A headteacher has said she is ‘taking a stand’ and is refusing to let Ofsted inspect her school after the death of Ruth Perry, who took her own life after her school was downgraded to ‘inadequate’
Flora Cooper, head of John Rankin School, Newbury said she is ‘taking a stand’ against the inspection process.
Ms Perry took her own life two months before the release of the results of an inspection of the school.She was informed that the school’s rating would be downgraded on the first day of the inspection, which was the first she had faced as headteacher. Her sister Julia said Ruth claimed inspectors saw a boy doing a floss dance and took that as evidence of ‘sexualisation’ of children at the school.
“I remember the very first time I saw her rather than just speaking on the phone a couple of days after the end of the Ofsted inspection, she was an absolute shadow of her former self,” Julia said.