Professor Julia Waters joins our host Lee Parkinson, aka Mr. P, on Series 2 of the TTS Talking Teachers’ Podcast to discuss a range of big topics around the theme of teacher mental health with regards to school inspections.
Julia Waters is Professor of French at the University of Reading, with over 30 years of teaching experience in Higher Education. Julia spoke to TTS, however, as the sister of Ruth Perry, the headteacher who took her own life in January 2023 as a result of a ‘rude and intimidating’ Ofsted inspection that the coroner described as ‘lacking fairness, respect and sensitivity’.
Since Ruth’s death, Julia has been campaigning for radical reform of Ofsted’s punitive, high-stakes school inspection system.
Episode subject warning
Please be warned that suicide and mental health struggles will be discussed in this podcast.
Should you need to seek support, you can do so by visiting the NHS Website.
In collaboration with TTS
As a contributor to the TTS Talking Teachers’ Podcast series, Professor Waters covers the important topic of teacher mental health in the context of school inspections.
