Ofsted scraps one-word gradings for schools after Ruth Perry’s death

Ofsted is to stop giving one-word judgements on schools with immediate effect, following a campaign by the family of head teacher Ruth Perry to change the rating system.

Mrs Perry, who ran Caversham Primary in Reading, took her own life in January 2023 two months after an inspection which led to the downgrading of the school from ‘outstanding’ to ‘inadequate’.

A coroner later found...