Tags: Jewish Orthodox schools
Dissenting Orthodox Jew Izzy Posen to speak at Secularism 2019
Posted: Wed, 20 Feb 2019
Izzy Posen, who dissented from his upbringing in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, will speak at the NSS's Secularism 2019 conference. Read More »
Failing faith school harming pupils’ wellbeing, says Ofsted
Posted: Mon, 18 Feb 2019
An independent Jewish faith school in London has been found 'inadequate' in all areas after an inspection uncovered a litany of failures. Read More »
Schools warned as parents refuse to let pupils speak to inspectors
Posted: Thu, 07 Feb 2019
The government has told independent schools inspectors must be able to speak to pupils after a Jewish school received a warning notice. Read More »
Government threatens Jewish schools’ “purity”, rabbi claims
Posted: Tue, 06 Nov 2018
A rabbi has called on Orthodox Jewish schools to resist requirements to teach evolution and about non-traditional relationships. Read More »
Jewish school may place requirements on families, adjudicator rules
Posted: Thu, 09 Aug 2018
A state school is not breaching the school admissions code by placing demands on families' dress and behaviour, an adjudicator has ruled. Read More »
Ofsted: Jewish school failing on safety, curriculum and tolerance
Posted: Tue, 26 Jun 2018
Ofsted has deemed a state-funded Jewish school inadequate and strongly criticised its approach to safety, the curriculum and tolerance. Read More »
NSS: school which censored textbooks trying to hide from criticism
Posted: Mon, 12 Mar 2018
The NSS has said a Jewish school which engaged in anti-gay censorship is using erroneous accusations of bigotry to hide from criticism. Read More »
“Unacceptable” for Ultra-Orthodox faith schools to shun children with transgender parents, says DfE
Posted: Tue, 21 Mar 2017
The Department for Education is to investigate faith schools implicated in the ostracisation of children of transgender parents highlighted by a recent family court ruling. Read More »
Orthodox school bans mention of “evolution or prehistoric events”
Posted: Tue, 19 Apr 2016
Ofsted have written a scathing criticism of an independent orthodox Jewish school which has a policy of not referencing "evolution or prehistoric events" that would "predate the creation of the world 5776 years ago". Read More »
NSS calls for investigation of Orthodox Jewish schools after driving ban on mothers
Posted: Fri, 29 May 2015
The NSS has called on the DfE to investigate two independent Orthodox Jewish schools following demands that pupils be barred if dropped off by mothers after a driving 'driving ban' was imposed on women. Read More »
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