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The headteacher's family say she killed herself while waiting for an 'inadequate' rating

It comes after Ruth Perry, who was headteacher at Caversham Primary School in Reading, killed herself in January while waiting for an Ofsted report.

Figures show there are 2,415 state-funded primary schools - or 15% - currently holding the highest possible rating following their last inspection, including 62 in Merseyside.

Lucy Woodward has spoken about the suicide of head teacher mum Carol, who took her own life following a damning Ofsted inspection eight years ago like tragic Ruth Perry

Senior teachers in England blame culture of fear and high stress for damaging their health and careers

My colleague describes the buildup to inspection as ‘a form of prolonged torture waiting for public trial and execution’

Inspectors understand the pressures schools are under but the same can’t be said of Ofsted’s chief and her advisers

Parents don’t want a ‘summary judgment’ on schools – we just want to know teachers truly care. And it’s impossible to imagine someone more dedicated to their school than Mrs Perry was

Whiteness is an invention of the modern, colonial age. It refers to the racialisation of white people and the disproportionate privilege – social, linguistic, economic, political – that comes with this. Crucially, as an invention, whiteness is not innate – it is taught.