Headteacher’s family claim she took her own life awaiting damning Ofsted report

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A headteacher in Reading took her own life in January 2022 while waiting for a negative Ofsted report, her family has said.

Ruth Perry, 53, head of Caversham Primary School, killed herself ahead of the report which downgraded the school from Outstanding to Inadequate.

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