Nine in ten teachers have 'negative' view of Ofsted following Ruth Perry ... trends now
Nine in ten teachers have a 'negative' view of Ofsted following a backlash over the watchdog's role in the suicide of headteacher Ruth Perry, a new YouGov poll has found.
Ms Perry took her own life in January while awaiting the results of an Ofsted report for the Caversham Primary School in Reading.
The inspection, published in March, found Ms Perry's school to be 'good' in every category apart from leadership and management, where it was judged to be 'inadequate'.
The results of a new YouGov Teacher Track survey of more than a thousand teachers showed that 67 per cent have a very unfavourable view of the schools inspection body and 23 per cent hold a somewhat unfavourable view.
The figures also showed that 6 per cent have a somewhat favourable view and 1 per cent have a very favourable view.
Ruth Perry (pictured) took her own life in January while awaiting the results of an Ofsted report for the Caversham Primary School in Reading
The results of a new YouGov Teacher Track survey of more than a thousand teachers showed that 67 per cent have a 'very' unfavourable view of the schools inspection body and 23 per cent hold a somewhat unfavourable view
The Department for Education and Education Secretary Gillian Keegan are also highly unpopular, with 81 per cent and 69 per cent respectively holding a negative view of them.
Last week, Ms Perry's sister said Ofsted inspectors should refuse to be complicit in the watchdog's 'reign of terror'.
Professor Julia Waters is calling on Ofsted inspectors to 'hand in their badges', amid criticisms over the watchdog's single-word assessment.
'Ruth was not an inadequate headteacher,' she said.
'We had to speak out because we want no other family to experience the pain that we have felt.
'We had to speak out because a terrible injustice has been done to my sister.'
Professor Water's thoughts come as pressure mounts on the school watchdog, with campaigners suggesting its single-word rankings are 'too simplistic' and 'deeply harmful'.
Head Ruth Perry (pictured) took her own life while awaiting the results of an Ofsted report
But Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman has defended this system, arguing that it is easier for parents to understand.
She also previously said that there was 'no reason to doubt' the assessment at Ms Perry's school and insisted that its findings were secure.
Last Sunday, she told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg On Sunday programme: 'I think the findings were secure and I think the inspection team worked with the professionalism and sensitivity that I would expect from our inspectors.
'From what I've seen, I don't have any reason to doubt the inspection.
'Inspection is a sensitive process. We are there looking for children, looking for whether education is right for children, looking at whether protecting children's welfare is happening the way it should.'
Education Secretary Gillian Keegan has also backed the one-word rating system to help inform parents' decisions.
Last week, Professor Waters addressed hundreds of school leaders at the National Association of Head Teachers in Telford (NAHT), slamming its system as 'flawed' and inhumane'.
'We all know parents deserve better than misleading, dangerous single-word judgments,' she said. 'So stop promoting them.
'How many of you in this room serve as Ofsted inspectors as well as being headteachers?
'No doubt you're doing your best, but you're working within a flawed, inhumane system.
'So
