Tags: Jewish Orthodox schools
Schools won’t compromise on relationships education, rabbis tell PM
Posted: Thu, 21 May 2020
Seventeen rabbis have said Charedi Jewish schools won't compromise with government requirements to teach about same-sex couples. Read More »
Ofsted: Jewish school teaching creationism and censoring resources
Posted: Mon, 09 Mar 2020
An independent Jewish school is teaching creationism as science and refusing to enter pupils for GCSEs, according to an Ofsted report. Read More »
Independent Jewish school fails fifth Ofsted inspection in a row
Posted: Fri, 06 Mar 2020
A Jewish school has been found in breach of standards for the fifth time in a row amid criticisms of its curriculum and safety checks. Read More »
Jewish school stocked sexist texts and limits curriculum, Ofsted says
Posted: Mon, 20 Jan 2020
An Orthodox Jewish school stocked texts which said women are "guards" to their families' wellbeing, inspectors have said. Read More »
Government dismissed concerns about Jewish school in sex ed scandal
Posted: Thu, 02 Jan 2020
The government dismissed concerns about community pressures at a school which has encouraged parents to withdraw children from RSE. Read More »
Jewish schools pressured parents to opt children out of sex ed
Posted: Tue, 03 Dec 2019
Parents have said two state-funded Jewish schools pressurised them to opt their children out of relationships and sex education. Read More »
Adjudicator can’t stop Jewish school’s impositions on families
Posted: Thu, 05 Sep 2019
A Jewish state school may continue enforcing strict religious observance criteria on children and their families. Read More »
Jewish school may severely restrict families’ IT use, says DfE
Posted: Mon, 19 Aug 2019
The government has said it will not prevent a Jewish school from severely restricting families' IT use after the NSS raised concerns. Read More »
Exposed: Orthodox Jewish schools’ plan to escape LGBT-inclusive RSE
Posted: Tue, 11 Jun 2019
Orthodox Jewish schools are planning to exploit loopholes to avoid teaching aspects of relationships & sex education, the NSS can reveal. Read More »
Ofsted recommends allowing failing private Jewish school to expand
Posted: Thu, 23 May 2019
Inspectors have recommended letting an independent Jewish school expand, despite leaders admitting they will refuse to meet standards. Read More »
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 in the latest sign of defiance of the government and inspectors. 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 after finding it deliberately undermined pupils' safety, taught a narrow curriculum and failed to promote tolerance.
A report published this morning severely criticised the leadership of Yesodey Hatorah... 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 »
