Ofsted Inspections to Resume in 2 Weeks Following Pause Over Headteacher Suicide

Published on January 6, 2024

The inspections of schools and further education (FE) will resume on Jan. 22, Ofsted said on Friday. The inspections have been put on pause to facilitate mental health awareness training following the suicide of headteacher Ruth Perry. Sir Martyn Oliver, His Majesty’s Chief Inspector (HMCI) of education, children’s services, and skills, said it’s agreed that Jan. 22 “is the right date to restart school and FE inspections” and it “will allow all inspectors to begin the training ahead of then, and gives us time to make sure that every single lead inspector on a school or FE inspection, will have completed it.”...

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