By Rachel Hagan School leaders can now halt an Ofsted inspection if staff are distressed under new guidance following the death of headteacher Ruth Perry. Ofsted is set to publish a new policy on pausing an inspection of a maintained school or academy “where a serious issue has been identified” as part of its response to senior coroner Heidi Connor’s Prevention of Future Deaths report. Mrs Perry killed herself after an Ofsted report downgraded her Caversham Primary School, in Reading, from its highest rating to its lowest over safeguarding concerns. In December, Ms Connor concluded the Ofsted …