School leaders’ union to ask headteachers to stop working as Ofsted inspectors

It comes after a headteacher took her own life while waiting for an inspection report which downgraded her school.

A teacher wears a black armband, in memory of Ruth Perry (Andrew Matthews/PA) (PA Wire)

Headteachers should stop working as Ofsted inspectors until a pay dispute with the Government is resolved, a school leaders’ union has said.

An emergency motion on inspections was tabled at the annual conference of the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) in Telford on Saturday, following the death of Ruth Perry.

Ms Perry, headteacher at Caversham Primary School in Reading, Berkshire, took her own life while waiting for an Ofsted report which downgraded her school from the highest rating to the lowest possible.