Headteacher withdraws request for public support to help stop Ofsted inspection

Initial call for protest came after family of headteacher Ruth Perry said she took her own life after news of lowest rating

A Berkshire headteacher who issued a plea on social media for support for her plan to prevent Ofsted inspectors visiting her school has withdrawn her request, asking people not to come to the school, in the interests of children and staff.

Flora Cooper, the executive headteacher at the John Rankin federation of nursery, infant and junior schools in Newbury, wrote on Twitter earlier on Monday that Ofsted inspectors were due to visit on Tuesday morning.

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