Six Jewish entries in the comprehensive top 20
V A CHASIDIC school in Stamford Hill which has been ordered by the local council to stop using its building has received a positive report from Ofsted.
The inspectorate said Talmud Torah London was likely to meet independent school standards.
The boys’ primary began using its new premises in Lordship Park in June, having outgrown its previous home.
But Hackney Council said it did not have planning permission and still had safety concerns to address.
The school, which has 54 boys aged from five to nine, is seeking approval from the Department for Education to increase to 100 pupils and add classes for years five and six.
Ofsted said in its report this week that the new building had been “renovated to a high standard” and was “bright, spacious and airy”.
Renovations were “near completion. Leaders and governors are relentless in ensuring that any minor issues relating to safety are dealt with promptly by the builders”.
It said teaching plans for 10 to 11-yearolds were comparable to the aims of the national curriculum and overall the school was likely to meet equality requirements.
The school’s leadership was reviewing “how to ensure that older pupils
Talmud Torah London
are given appropriate experiences to develop their respect for families and households which differ to their own,” Ofsted said.
The school — rated good by Ofsted earlier this year — has said it will mount a legal challenge to the council’s decision.
As Hackney’s Charedi community is growing by around four per cent a year, finding space for schools to expand is a major issue.
While the inspection report included favourable comments about the building, an Ofsted spokesman explained this was “separate from planning and building control and would not have any bearing on planning and building control and vice versa”.
Satmar Chasidic boys’ school, Talmud Torah Yetev Lev in Salford, has passed its latest Ofsted check on safeguarding and premises.
V YAVNEH COLLEGE has been rated by the Sunday Times as the second best comprehensive school in England with another five Jewish schools listed among the top 20.
The cross-communal JCoSS in East Barnet was named by the paper in its annual Parent Power guide as school of the year for Greater London and ranked as the top non-selective school in the capital.
In this summer’s exams, 80.3 per cent of pupils at Borehamwood-based Yavneh achieved A* to B grades at A-level and 46.4 per cent grades 9,8, 7, A* or A at GCSE.
For JCoSS, the figures were 77.1 per cent for the A-level measure and 49.5 per cent at GCSE.
JFS in Kenton was close behind as the fifth best-performing comprehensive with 76.4 per cent at A-level and 48 per cent at GCSE.
Hasmonean High School for Boys in Hendon was eighth with 70.3 per cent at A-level and 54.6 per cent at GCSE, King David High School Manchester in 12th place with 72.3 per cent at A-level and 45.7 per cent at GCSE and Hasmonean Girls in Mill Hill 14th with 68.1 per cent at A-level and 52.3 per cent GCSE.
(Hasmonean Boys and Girls formally divided into two schools earlier this year).
Immanuel College in Bushey was ranked joint 73 in the top 375 independent schools with 89 per cent at A-level and 70.9 per cent at GCSE.
Spencer Lewis, Yavneh’s executive head, was “absolutely thrilled that our pupils have once again performed so incredibly well in comparison to all their peers across the entire country.
“To be placed as second highest-performing school in the UK… makes us all incredibly proud.”
Patrick Moriarty, JCoSS headteacher, told the parents that the overwhelming majority of the 2,000 schools listed by the guide or named as regional schools of the year were “academically selective. Our position as an all-ability school committed to inclusion is therefore even more exceptional.”
The school’s main aim was “building accomplished mensches,” he said. “We value the development of character and integrity higher than raw academic grades. Nevertheless, it is wonderful to see that strategy bearing fruit in other measures.”
Barnaby Nemko, deputy head at Immanuel, voiced pride in students and teachers “for the exceptional performance in the summer 2019 examinations. This saw us rise a phenomenal 108 places in the Sunday Times Parent Power league table.”
Alongside this summer’s outstanding inspection report, he said, “the future is bright at Immanuel”.
Among the top 500 state primaries, Menorah in Golders Green was the highest ranked Jewish school at 145.
The table was based on last year’s Sats for maths, reading and grammar, in which Menorah achieved a score of 333.
Although Hendon’s Independent Jewish Day School scored just three points fewer than Menorah, it was well down the table at joint 432.
To be placed as second best school in the UK makes us proud’