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Teacher death 'not preventable' | |
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A council could not have prevented the death of a head teacher thought to have taken her life after a critical school report, an inquiry has been told. | |
Irene Hogg, 54, was found dead in a remote part of the Borders after going missing in March 2008. | |
Scottish Borders Council's head of schools, Yvonne McCracken, was asked if the education authority could have done anything to avoid the death. | |
She told a hearing: "No. I have given it a great deal of thought." | |
Mrs McCracken was giving evidence at Jedburgh Sheriff Court on the fourth day of the inquiry into Miss Hogg's death. | |
She told the hearing how she had been "deeply concerned" by an e-mail sent by the Glendinning Primary head teacher six months before her death. | |
In it she described the "unsustainability" of the job she was in. | |
Body found | |
Mrs McCracken subsequently had a three-hour meeting with Miss Hogg who turned down an offer of counselling but left the option of mentoring open. | |
Discussions on that possibility were still ongoing at the time Miss Hogg went missing, shortly after an inspection at the primary school. | Discussions on that possibility were still ongoing at the time Miss Hogg went missing, shortly after an inspection at the primary school. |
Her body was found a day later at Towford in the Cheviot Hills. | Her body was found a day later at Towford in the Cheviot Hills. |
Mrs McCracken was also asked at the inquiry if it was possible to postpone an inspection. | |
She said it was possible to request a postponement, but only in the event of ill health of a head teacher or high staff turnover. | She said it was possible to request a postponement, but only in the event of ill health of a head teacher or high staff turnover. |
Mrs McCracken said heads normally wanted an inspection over and out of the way. | Mrs McCracken said heads normally wanted an inspection over and out of the way. |
The inquiry is expected to continue until 18 December. | The inquiry is expected to continue until 18 December. |
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