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Unions and Ruth Perry's sister slam plans for colour-coded Ofsted inspection reports
a photograph of Ruth Perry attached to the fence outside John Rankin Schools in Newbury, Berkshire

UNIONS have warned new proposed Ofsted reforms will make “matters worse, not better.”

The sister of headteacher Ruth Perry branded them a “rehash” of the “dangerous” system they are supposed to replace.

The inspectorate’s single-phrase inspection judgements of outstanding, good, requires improvement and inadequate were scrapped after Mrs Perry took her own life.

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