King David scores well with inspectors

Manchester's King David Primary School has received glowing inspection reports, with Ofsted impressed by the successful completion of a complex merger of junior and infant schools.

The two sections, with a total of 422 pupils, merged in September 2010. The primary then moved to the £22 million premises shared with King David High.

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Ofsted praise

Ofsted has rated Liverpool's King David Kindergarten as "good" in all aspects.

An inspector found that the 74-pupil unit - which moved in the autumn from Harold House community centre to the £25 million King David campus - provided a "vibrant and challenging environment, giving children easy access to a rich and varied range of resources both indoors and outdoors".

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Chigwell scores well with Ofsted

Chigwell and Hainault Synagogue's holiday club has received a good report from Ofsted.

An unannounced inspection during the half-term holiday programme found that participants "thoroughly enjoy being in this setting.

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Primary pleases Ofsted

Ilford Jewish Primary has been rated as educationally good by Ofsted, an improvement on its previous inspection report in 2009.

Inspectors noted that IJPS - where around two-thirds of the 307 pupils are from Jewish families - was a "good school whose strong partnerships with parents and carers and the community contribute to its warm and positive family ethos".

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Yavneh gets top marks from Ofsted

Yavneh College in Hertfordshire has a double accolade with an "outstanding" rating from Ofsted inspectors and an award recognising its provision for gifted pupils.

The modern Orthodox secondary, which opened in 2006, was also ranked outstanding for its Jewish education by inspectors from Pikuach.

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Ofsted rates rising star

The growing popularity of Manchester's strictly Orthodox Yesoiday Hatorah Primary is reflected in its latest Ofsted inspection report.
There are 647 pupils, an increase of more than 100 on two years ago. In 2003 the school matched the size of Manchester's mainstream King David Primary with around 450 pupils, but growth in the Charedi community has boosted Yesoiday Hatorah's intake. It has maintained its Ofsted rating as a "good" school, the second highest of the four grades awarded.

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King Solomon satisfied with its Ofsted ruling

The King Solomon High School in Redbridge has received a positive report from Ofsted inspectors, whose main concern was that more able pupils were not making the progress they were capable of.

Ofsted rated the school as good in most categories and outstanding in a few. It noted that headteacher Spencer Lewis had “worked tirelessly since his appointment two years ago to improve the standard of education students receive and his work has been successful.

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