By Simon Rocker, May 3, 2012
What could be the first Chasidic free school has cleared the initial hurdle in its attempt to secure state aid.
Beis Malka, a girls' school in Stamford Hill which has around 400 pupils aged three to 16 and is linked to the Belz Chasidic sect, is one of five Jewish groups which have applied to become free schools next year.
The other four applicants are all for new schools: two cross-communal
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