Inquiry into headteacher’s suicide says ‘macho culture’ of inspections must end

Independent inquiry into death of Ruth Perry after Ofsted inspection says public excoriation of individuals' must stop

An independent inquiry into the death of the Reading headteacher Ruth Perry has called for an end to England's macho culture" of inspections and school accountability.

The review, commissioned by Reading borough council after Perry's suicide last year, said the tragedy should highlight the folly of the macho culture of high-stakes accountability" inflicted on England's schools.