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A survey by the National Education Union (NEU) found 82% think the current Ofsted system should be replaced as it has so many problems it ’would be better to start afresh’

Jason Ashley was furious at what was served at his school in Southampton and sent a letter to parents asking them to comment on the food also being given to their children

MPs demand an Ofsted shake-up after a inquest in December said a school inspection 'likely contributed' to the death of Caversham Primary School headteacher Ruth Perry

Deborah Lingard, a headteacher at Tyldesley Primary School in Wigan, was shown up for a marking error in her boss's son's exercise book during an Ofsted inspection, a tribunal in Manchester heard

Ofsted is set to publish a new policy on pausing an inspection of a maintained school or academy “where a serious issue has been identified” as part of its response following Ruth Perry's death

The NAHT school leaders’ union has called on Ofsted to introduce ungraded school inspections in the wake of head teacher Ruth Perry's death after a visit by the watchdog

New Ofsted chief Sir Martyn Oliver has halted school inspections for mental health training following the suicide of Caversham Primary School headteacher Ruth Perry

Ofsted has apologised after Headteacher Ruth Perry was found dead after being told her school, Caversham Primary School in Reading, Berkshire, was being downgraded

Headteacher Ruth Perry was found dead after being told that her school, Caversham Primary School in Reading, Berkshire, was being downgraded from 'outstanding' to 'inadequate'

Shocking figures have emerged showing more than seventy percent of teachers in UK schools face serious mental health issues when their schools are inspected by Ofsted

Ruth Perry was said to have had the "worst day of her life" during an Ofsted inspection at Caversham Primary School in Reading, Berkshire, before she took her own life

Ruth Perry was headteacher of Caversham Primary School in Reading, and her husband Jonathan said she loved her job but was left "traumatised" by an Ofsted inspection last November

A report by the Institute For Public Policy Research has called for one-word Ofsted assessments to be scrapped and replaced by a "narrative-driven" approach - but what do YOU think

The IPPR warned teachers are being driven out of the profession by the stress caused by high-stakes Ofsted inspections as it called for the end of one-word ratings

Ex-England centre left Wakefield for part-timers Doncaster to help focus on other things apart from rugby league - including setting up a house in hometown Hull to help kids coming out of care

The inspectorate has been at the centre of a storm of criticism following the death of head teacher Ruth Perry in January and now former Ofsted boss Sir Michael Wilshaw has hit out

Hope Sussex - which is suspected to be an illegal school - is already being investigated by Ofsted. Youngsters are now being taught skills as leaders say "we are at war"

Caversham Primary School in Reading, Berkshire, was rated as inadequate in leadership and management earlier this year, but a new inspection found it to be good

James Eldon has been named the UK's 'principal of the year' after his work to transform Manchester Academy in Moss Side - one of the city's most deprived areas - after years of being told to improve

More than 500 schools across England are rated as "outstanding" by the education watchdog, but less than 20 per cent of these were inspected by Ofsted since June 2021

A group of school leaders are crowdfunding 'to gather evidence of Ofsted’s unfair practices and their devastating impact on schools' in the wake of the death of headteacher Ruth Perry

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

Ruth, who was head at Caversham Primary School in Reading, killed herself in January while waiting for an Ofsted report which gave her school the lowest possible rating

Ruth Perry, who was head at Caversham Primary School in Reading, killed herself in January while waiting for an Ofsted report which gave her school the 'inadequate' rating

One in seven primary schools in England is currently rated as 'outstanding', Ofsted figures show. However, many schools have not been inspected in years, some in almost two decades