Ofsted have scrapped single word inspections followingheadteacher Ruth Perry's death in January 2023.
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00:00Inadequate. That one word went through the mind so many times of Ruth Perry, it's said.
00:09Before the headteacher took her own life in January 2023, after her school was rated inadequate
00:16by Ofsted. She was awaiting what her family say would be public humiliation.
00:25Even the coroner in the inquest of Ruth Perry's death said that despite the fact that she was good in many areas and the school was good in many areas, this one word hung over them.
00:39And when parents look at different schools, inadequate could be a school that was inadequate in many areas, so it doesn't ring true.
00:49So Ofsted are now officially changing inspections so they're not just one word, they'll still do the same thorough inspections and those words will still be used throughout the report but they won't just give a single word like that for the school, which Ruth Perry's family have really welcomed as that's the one thing that they've been asking since the tragic death of Ruth Perry.