‘Direct link’ between Ruth Perry’s death and Ofsted inspection, inquest told

Chair of governors and two deputy heads say ‘inadequate’ rating brought about deterioration in Perry’s mental health

There was a “direct link” between Ruth Perry’s death and the Ofsted inspection that rated her school inadequate, the chair of the board of governors has told an inquest.

The school’s two deputy head teachers also told the inquest in Reading yesterday that there was “absolutely” a link between the inspection and Perry’s subsequent mental deterioration and death earlier this year.

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