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Ofsted ends one-word school judgements after Ruth Perry campaign
Ofsted will cease issuing one-word judgements on schools immediately, following a campaign led by the family of head teacher Ruth Perry to overhaul the rating system. Ruth Perry, head of Caversham Primary in Reading, died by suicide in January 2023, two months after an inspection downgraded her school from ‘outstanding’ to ‘inadequate’. A coroner later determined that the inspection significantly…