Ofsted has said it will delay school inspections next week in order to give inspectors new training after an inquest found the inspections process had directly contributed to a head teacher’s suicide.

Ofsted has enacted a “contingency plan” to help inspectors record notes after more “technical problems” with its electronic ...

Head teacher Ruth Perry took her own life after her Berkshire school was downgraded by Ofsted. The coroner ruled the inspection likely contributed’ to her death. Ofsted has now reformed the inspection ...

Pausing Ofsted inspections would be the "empathetic, human, correct thing to do", says the sister of a head teacher who took her own life after an inspection - as the watchdog announces some changes ...

Ofsted inspections are to be paused until assessors have been trained to protect the welfare of school staff following the suicide of a headteacher last year, it emerged yesterday. Sir Martyn Oliver, ...

Ofsted is proposing changes to the way it inspects education settings, but how will parents be impacted? (Getty Images) More than two in three parents prefer Ofsted’s proposed report cards for schools ...

MPs have launched an inquiry into Ofsted's school inspections, looking at how useful they are to parents, governors and schools in England. The suicide of head teacher Ruth Perry led to a debate about ...

Changes to Ofsted inspections have been highly anticipated since headteacher Ruth Perry killed herself in January after her school was rated inadequate. On June 12, Ofsted announced a raft of reforms ...

Ofsted has delayed setting out its final plan for school inspections in England until September – just weeks before new report cards are due to be rolled out. The watchdog had planned to publish its ...

One school leader said changes like these “leave me thinking I don’t want to be a head anymore” 🔎 Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The News, you can get unlimited access to the website ...

Schools have been told they can defer Ofsted inspections until the New Year as the watchdog comes under pressure to reform following the death of headteacher Ruth Perry. All schools in England with ...

An inquest into the death of headteacher Ruth Perry found an Ofsted inspection ‘likely contributed’ to her death. A report from the watchdog downgraded Caversham Primary School in Reading where she ...