School in ‘cat pupil’ controversy given Ofsted all-clear after snap inspection

Inspectors praise sensitive and impartial' teaching of relationship and sex education at Rye College after secret video raised concerns

Ofsted has given the school at the centre of the cat pupil" allegations a clean bill of health, with inspectors praising its culture of kindness" as well as its handling of relationship and sex education.

Ofsted inspected Rye College in East Sussex after a complaint by Kemi Badenoch, the minister for women and equalities. There had been media coverage of a video of pupils arguing with a teacher over gender and identity, with one pupil appearing to claim that a student identified as a cat.