Caversham Primary: Ofsted defends school inspections amid backlash over headteacher’s death

Ofsted has defended school inspections despite the backlash it received following the death of Caversham Primary headteacher Ruth Perry. Describing her death as “tragedy”, the head of Ofsted said stopping school inspections would not be in the best interests of children, after calls from unions for them to be paused.

The education watchdog chief inspector, Amanda Spielman said while the debate around reforming inspections to take away grades was “legitimate”, she insisted checks aimed to raise standards in schools should continue.