'Lives at risk' over Ofsted

Published date05 April 2024
Publication titleHuddersfield Daily Examiner
Professor Julia Waters (pictured) will tell the annual conference of the National Education Union (NEU) she is worried that those who can bring about change with the watchdog could be "paying lip service" and she will demand faster action from the Government and Ofsted

Ofsted has come under greater scrutiny in the past year following the suicide of headteacher Mrs Perry, who took her own life after an Ofsted report downgraded her Reading primary school from its highest rating to its lowest over safeguarding concerns.

In December, a coroner concluded the Ofsted inspection in 2022 "likely contributed" to...

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