Ruth Perry - Remembering my sister

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In January 2023, Ruth Perry took her own life. The headteacher of a primary school in Caversham, a leafy suburb of Reading, feared that an Ofsted report grading her school inadequate would cause her to lose her job. An inquest is opening into her death - a tragedy, which family and friends have spoken candidly about. It's already led a wider debate about the mental health of headteachers and the school inspection regime in England. For this episode of our 5 Minutes On podcast, the BBC's Education Editor, Branwen Jeffreys, has spoken to Ruth Perry's sister Julia to find out more about who she was, from one of the people who knew her best. (Image: PA)