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Professor Julia Waters called on the Government and watchdog to take ‘urgent meaningful actions’.

Professor Julia Waters called on the Government and watchdog to take ‘urgent meaningful actions’.

The sister of Ruth Perry has called on heads who also work as inspectors to 'hand in your badges' and 'refuse to be complicit in Ofsted's reign of terror'

Headteacher Ruth Perry took her own life in January while awaiting the results of an Ofsted report for her Berkshire school. Now her sister, Professor Julia Waters, is speaking out against the watchdog.

The National Education Union is sponsoring a ‘timely and urgent’ independent inquiry into Ofsted to look at the current inspection system, in the wake of ongoing controversy and calls for reform.

Former schools minister Lord Knight will chair an inquiry into the future of Ofsted set up by the National Education Union

On behalf of the family, Ruth Perry’s sister, Julia Waters, said Ruth’s death was the “direct result” of the “deeply harmful” inspection and was in “a direct result of the pressure put on her by the process and outcome” of the inspection.

Andy Webster, headteacher of Park View School in Tottenham, north London, accused toxic inspection teams of placing awful pressure on schools in a series of tweets.

In the wake of Ruth Perry’s suicide, headteachers speak out about the stress and fear that Ofsted visits can cause

Stress from Ofsted inspections has been cited as a factor in the inquests of ten teachers over the last 25 years, it has been revealed.