ofsted went back to caversham primary school in the summer.er also heard many comments this morning about the training of ofsted inspectors. she said for example when it came to dealing with distressed head teachers, inspectors were given two minutes of training and she also said there was no written guidance about dealing with pausing inspections if head teachers became distressed. the whole issue of ofsted and these one—word conclusions about being good or inadequate are now the subject of an education select committee hearing in the commons. that is due to report in the new year. in the meantime, ruth�*s sister has been speaking to the inquest saying ruth�*s death has left a void in the family and the family themselves will be giving a press conference in the next few minutes. borisjohnson has said that the way downing street parties during covid have been portrayed is �*a travesty of the truth�* and �*a million miles away from reality�*. the former prime minister was giving a second day of evidence to the inquiry into the pandemic. mrjohns

ofsted went back to caversham primary school in the summer.l their lead school inspectors together ahead of further inspections. i will leave you with some live images outside the building where the covid—19 inquiry has been taking place. as you know, if you have been watching us today, borisjohnson was giving evidence there on his two—day session of giving evidence at the covid—19 inquiry. we are expecting him to leave the building now, so we will keep an ion that. as you may have heard earlier, one of the key things that came out of today's hearing was that borisjohnson said the idea of mass rule breaking within downing street as1 million miles away from the truth, but he did get slightly emotional, or seem to, as he apologised. there is plenty more detail on what happened in today's hearing on the bbc website and the live page, but do stay with us on bbc news. the headlines are coming up at the top of the hour. live from london, this is bbc news. the this is bbc news. un's dire warning, the inability to the un's dire warning, the inability

the head teacher of caversham primary, devastated and distraught after an ofsted inspection.buted to her suicide. ruth's husband and elderly parents today stood alongside her sister, julia. the inquest into ruth's death has shown the brutal inhumanity of the system of ofsted inspections. she gave theirjudgment on the inspection system. callous, perverse, inhumane. in court, the coroner criticised the way the ofsted inspection was carried out. she said it lacked fairness, respect and sensitivity, and at times was rude and intimidating. she also said the fact that ruth perry couldn't share the result and had to wait so long for the report contributed to her deteriorating mental health. ofsted had argued the inspection was professional and sensitive. it's been a long 11 months for the family. we were right. what we've been saying, what other head teachers have been saying, what the teaching unions have been saying, was right. and ofsted were wrong. and they weren't prepared to admit that. after ruth died, her sister, julia, found some handwritten notes, including one dated from

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mrs perry took her own life after a report from the inspectors downgraded caversham primary school inlowest following concerns over safeguarding. staff at the school said the headteacher was left tearful and incoherent after the inspection in november last year. bra nwen jeffreys reports. ruth perry took her life on the 8th of january this year. today, a coroner said an ofsted inspection contributed. after the verdict, ruth perry's husband and elderly parents stood alongside her sisterjulia. the inquest into ruth's death has shown the brutal inhumanity of the system of ofsted inspections. she gave theirjudgment on the inspection system. callous. perverse. inhumane. in court, the coroner criticised the way the ofsted inspection was carried out. she said it lacked fairness, respect and sensitivity and at times was rude and intimidating. ofsted had argued the inspection was professional and sensitive. it's been a long 11 months for the family. this afternoon, i heard from julia walters in her only interview about the verdict. we were right. what we've been saying, what other head teacher

ruth parry was the head teacher of caversham primary school for 13 years. for 13 years. she took her life injanuary this year. ofsted was going to stake the school from outstanding to inadequate leaving her distressed for the first morning of the inspection. ruth said that at that first — morning of the inspection. ruth said that at that first meeting _ morning of the inspection. ruth said that at that first meeting she - morning of the inspection. ruth said that at that first meeting she felt i that at that first meeting she felt it was just absolutely relentless. she said it felt like i had was not working. then another question which you do not have time to answer. they would contradict what she would say. she was in a complete state and she kept repeating herself. i am devastated, i am kept repeating herself. i am devastated, lam broken, i kept repeating herself. i am devastated, lam broken, lam traumatised. th devastated, i am broken, i am traumatised.— devastated, i am broken, i am traumatised. : :, , , traumatised. in evidence other stuff at the scho

ruth perry was a head teacher at caversham primary school in reading.the inspector was mocking and unpleasant. ruth was not able to discuss the inspection with anyone, and had to keep it all confidential. her mental health was said to slide. she took her own life injanuary. today, the coroner listed some the causes for ruth's death. she said that while the outcome of the inspection was part of this, it was not the only cause, highlighting four areas of concern including the way the current ofsted system allows for the single word judgement of "inadequate". the inspectorate has come in for a lot of criticism after ruth perry's death. the national association of head teachers said they had raised the alarm about how ofsted conducts inspections in 2018. we were talking to the government and ofsted in 2018 about the need for change, and the fact there were perverse incentives in the inspection system, and how harmful the inspection system was becoming. this is a tragedy that didn't need to take place if government and the inspectorate had listened earlier o

head teacher for 13 years, took her own life injanuary whilst awaiting a report from 0fsted about cavershamhe school in november last year, mrs perry told her husband jonathan she thought her career could be over. the british retail consortium says the use of cash rose last year after 10 years of decline. the industry body says many people find that using cash helps them manage their tight budgets. we will have more on that and the other business growth in around ten minutes. you're live with bbc news. borisjohnson is returning to the covid inquiry for a second day of questioning about his handling of the pandemic. it's thought he'll be asked to explain his decisions during the resurgence of the virus in the autumn of 2020. yesterday, he admitted that his government had made mistakes, but some people whose family members died from the virus described his apology as meaningless. ellie price reports. just a warning — there is flash photography in her report. he left under a bobble hat and a chorus of birds from protesters. clearly feeling the cold, despite a day's worth of grilling. borisjohn

caversham primary school.nquest into ruth's death has shown the brutal inhumanity of the system of the ofsted inspections. ofsted likes to judge people with a single word labels. we could judge the current ofsted system with our own labels. callous, perverse, inhumane. ruth's death and this inquest have laid bare the imbalance of power that exists in our education system. schools and teachers should be accountable to the families and communities they serve. ruth of all people understood this. she was let down by an ofsted system beset with glaring gaps, inconsistencies and blindspots, yet held the power to destroy her career and put an end to her school as she knew it. there are no urgent lessons that must be learned from ruth's death. ofsted has grudgingly made some changes. but these changes go nowhere near far enough. we have no confidence that ofsted, under its current leadership and management, is either willing or able to make the widespread root and branch reforms to its systems and culture that are so

ofsted went back to caversham primary school in the summer.nd day. let's a listen. i will pretend otherwise. i listen. i will pretend otherwise. but actually what happened thereafter was fascinating in that whatever — thereafter was fascinating in that whatever the rights and wrongs of the position i took on that episode, people _ the position i took on that episode, people continued to want us to get on with_ people continued to want us to get on with the job of axing the pandemic and they continued... despite — pandemic and they continued... despite of— pandemic and they continued... despite of what you say about the confidence factor, they continued to be more _ confidence factor, they continued to be more than willing to work together— be more than willing to work together to defeat the virus and that is_ together to defeat the virus and that is what they did. is together to defeat the virus and that is what they did.— that is what they did. is that ri . ht, that is what they did. is that right. mr — that is what they did. is that right, m

caversham primary school was to go from outstanding to inadequate.airness, respect and sensitivity, and was at times rude and intimidating. ofsted has now apologised for the distress caused to mrs perry by the inspection, adding more changes will be made to address the coroner�*s concerns. branwen jeffreys, bbc news. we�*re joined now by ruth�*s sister, julia waters. good morning to you. good morning. firstl , good morning to you. good morning. firstly. may — good morning to you. good morning. firstly. may i — good morning to you. good morning. firstly. may i say. — good morning to you. good morning. firstly, may i say, the _ good morning to you. good morning. firstly, may i say, the last— good morning to you. good morning. firstly, may i say, the last recent - firstly, may i say, the last recent days have been immensely emotional draining, i can only imagine, so thank you so much forjoining us here this morning on breakfast but i know this is an issue you want to talk about in terms of making sure there are improvements for the future. with that in

headteacherfor 13 years, but took her own life in january whilst awaiting a report from 0fsted about cavershamsation has "refused to engage" when planning its protests. matt is taking a look at the weather for today and the rest of the week. which bit will you pick? i will pick the sunny bits. t which bit will you pick? i will pick the sunny bits.— the sunny bits. i think you will have to be _ the sunny bits. i think you will have to be very _ the sunny bits. i think you will have to be very careful - the sunny bits. i think you will. have to be very careful because it is hard to find this morning. good morning. it is a day of change. we have finished our cold spell, it will still be chilly for a few of you first thing but overall a milder day ahead but with its wet and windy weather. sunshine will be heidi to find. if you are about to step out the door, instead of frost, that is limited, sub zero temperatures in the tops of hills. just about the whole uk frost—free, temperatures around 11 degrees to the south—west but strong winds across western areas and the winds will pick up elsewhere. wit