School unveils tribute to Caversham headteacher Ruth Perry:
A NEW school playground clock has been installed as a tribute to a head teacher who took her own ...
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Caversham Primary School unveils memorial clock for Ruth PerryThe 53-year-old died in January; a June reinspection rated the school “good.”
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- Ruth Perry, 53, died in January after being told the school would be downgraded from “outstanding” to “inadequate.”
- The inspection on 15 and 16 November 2022 was the school's first in 13 years.
- The memorial clock, organized by the school's Parent Teacher Association, was unveiled in school colors overlooking the playground.
- An inquest into Perry's death is due in late November or early December; the coroner will not examine Ofsted's internal workings.
it would be 'difficult' and 'unfair' to investigate that side of the evidence 'without going into and investigating Ofsted and the decisions they made'.— Senior coroner Heidi Connor, speaking at a July hearing about the inquest into Ruth Perry's death and potential investigations into Ofsted's decisions
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Memorial clock unveiled at Caversham Primary School in tribute to Ruth Perry: The clock now serves as a poignant tribute, overlooking the playground
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