Sister of Ruth Perry urges headteachers to resist Ofsted ‘culture of fear’

Julia Waters criticises fatally destructive' inspections and calls on school leaders to refuse to cooperate with watchdog

Headteachers should undermine Ofsted's culture of fear" by refusing to cooperate with the schools inspectorate or work as inspectors, the sister of headteacher Ruth Perry has told a conference of school leaders.

Prof Julia Waters said her sister had been destroyed" by Ofsted's critical inspection of her school late last year, which downgraded it from outstanding to inadequate, and that her family had been left with an intense, painful, overwhelming" sense of loss after her death.