“The NAHT states clearly and for the record that these proposals carry significant and unacceptable wellbeing and health risks for leaders and teachers.”
So said our response (NAHT, 2025) to Ofsted’s consultation on its proposals for reform to school inspection, which closed last month (Ofsted, 2025).
It is a point made forcibly throughout. The document is a damning indictment of the inspectorate’s failure to commit to the change needed to address concerns raised by the coroner and Dame Christine Gilbert’s independent review following the death of headteacher Ruth Perry.
Ruth took her own life having learned her school would be judged “inadequate” by Ofsted. The coroner concluded the inspection contributed to her death.
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