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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

The Ofsted report into Kidspiration nursery highlighted "incredibly poor" care practices, and the inspector who carried out the assessment even had to intervene on occasions