'Some change needs to come of this': Call for new school inspection system after headteacher's suicide

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"And that's what's so terrifying - that you can say something and it can be taken the wrong way and then your entire school judgement for the next five years on a piece of paper can be reliant on that one thing."'They had a dedicated, caring and expert headteacher' "You get the word told to you that you are going to be judged on and defined by for four years, five years... and then you're told in no uncertain terms that you cannot share that outside that room.That grading can only be shared with staff and parents once Ofsted's assessment is published."That pressure to keep it within you from your family and from members of staff is intense," Mrs Greenaway said.

The National Association of Headteachers is calling for the system to be reformed, arguing inspections currently give a"high-stakes single judgement" of a school.Read more:'Our aim is to raise standards,' Ofsted says

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Ofsted: Head teacher's family blames death on school inspection pressureRuth Perry took her own life while under 'intolerable pressure' after an inspection, her family says. I am once again asking people and the BBC to stop rationalising suicide Our inspection a few months ago was a joke. A really good school dragged through the mud. Schools need to be worked with, rather than castigated The system is outdated they don't get a true representation of a school the heads and staff put a show on for that day no joke pacific Ofsted lesson plans to fool Ofsted for the 2 days . And the results carry too high of a consequence a more pragmatic approach is needed.
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