The Ruth Perry tragedy must mark the end of Ofsted's reign of fear | Polly Toynbee
Briefly

The coroner's exceptional verdict of suicide: contributed to by an Ofsted inspection found the inspection of Caversham primary school in Reading, where Perry was headteacher, lacked fairness, respect and sensitivity and was at times rude and intimidating. Here ends the culture of terror-inspections of public services.
This bullying of schools condemns children to pressure-cooker learning. Targets and terror make it harder than ever to recruit and retain staff into the underpaid teaching profession, which attracted just half the number of trainee secondary school teachers needed in England this year.
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