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One word — inadequate. itjust preyed on her mind until she couldn't take it any more. in november 2022, everything changed. she texted me back and said, "i can't speak now, "but the worst day of my life. "the 0fsted inspection inspectors have been in and it's dreadful." and that was it. so, i sort of said, "it can't be that bad." she said, "yes, i think it is. "it's about as bad as it can be." 0n the first day of their two—day visit, inspectors downgraded caversham primary school in reading from outstanding to inadequate — the lowest level. all during that process, every time i spoke to ...

0fsted need to come in and have more of a holistic approach, _ suggest ways to improve rather than saying, - "you need to improve," and then walk off and leave them. - it's about nurturing and supporting those kids and being by their side, and itjust seems that 0fsted maybe need to be a bit more like that or a bit more like how ruth was to me and how she supported me when there were areas that i needed improving. james pope knows the pressures of teaching leadership. he resigned from his job at a rural comprehensive in gloucestershire, which had been graded inadequate by 0fsted. his story was ...

To take more direct action. 0fsted protester head says she'll refuse entry to school inspectors tomorrow following the suicide of a fellow head teacher. ruth perry took her own life ahead of the publication of a critical 0fsted report. inspectors were eventually allowed in and the protest called off. some parents, friends and former colleagues said change might be necessary. now, i absolutely feel that there needs to be regulation in schools just like any other sector, but i think that 0fsted now is a very, very blunt instrument and it's a very punitive way ofjudging somebody's entire teaching...

You know, all of that stuff that you built and you'd done... and you can't you can't hold on to it. it's very difficult to hold onto. you know, when you're in the 0fsted window, when you're waiting for 0fsted to come, "that i'm not doing a very good job," or "they're going to say that i'm not doing a very good job" and so you spend all of your time worrying about it. then the inspection happens and the feeling is very much because of the way the 0fsted operate during that one or two—day window where they're inspecting your school. it feels all of the time like they're trying to find out so, ...

There was growing concern not that there was growing concern not that the king himself would be a target for protest, but that his host very much would be.— much would be. thank you, lucy williamson _ much would be. thank you, lucy williamson in _ much would be. thank you, lucy williamson in paris. _ the time is almost 16 minutes past one. our top story this lunchtime... the education watchdog, 0fsted, says school inspections in england will continue, despite calls for them to be paused after a headteacher took her own life. coming up, howa row about the chopping down of more than 100 trees ...