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Good news for parents as Yavneh College offers extra places for 2023

The Hertfordshire secondary will run a bulge class for the second year in succession

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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 05: Robert Rinder attends the launch of Judge Rinder's new book "Rinder's Rules: Make the Law work for you!" at Daunt Books on October 5, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images)

Robert Rinder makes emotive appeal to support New Israel Fund

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Nursery at Liberal Jewish Synagogue outstanding, says Ofsted

Nursery at Liberal Jewish Synagogue outstanding, says Ofsted

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Writer Ben Okri: Jews and black people share a past of unjust suffering

Writer Ben Okri: Jews and black people share a past of unjust suffering

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Fresh Ofsted criticism for King David High in Manchester

Governors reluctant to accept findings of previous inspection, follow-up report says

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November 1, 2022 12:30

Fresh Ofsted criticism for King David High in Manchester

While the Schools Bill may be dropped, the battle over yeshivot is set to continue

Education Secretaries may come and go but moves to force religious institutions to teach secular subjects are still on the cards

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October 31, 2022 16:39

While the Schools Bill may be dropped, the battle over yeshivot is set to continue

Calm and curiosity of Lubavitch girls praised by Ofsted

Chabad's Senior Girls' School achieves a good rating from inspectors

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October 31, 2022 16:21

Calm and curiosity of Lubavitch girls praised by Ofsted

New school choir takes bow for interfaith harmony

Retired head Alan Shaw is bringing children of different faiths together to sing

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October 31, 2022 16:15

New school choir takes bow for interfaith harmony

Hasmonean Boys squeeze in extra numbers

Offices have been converted into classrooms to fit in pupils

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October 31, 2022 16:05

Hasmonean Boys squeeze in extra numbers

Police close investigation into Golders Green nursery

Little Goldies was shut earlier this year

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October 31, 2022 16:00

The admissions regulator says that rabbinical references for religious obsevance on school applications can refer only to public attendance, not private worship (photo: Golders Green Synagogue, Google Maps Street View)

Chief Rabbi plans sleepover with King Charles before Shabbat coronation

Invitation to stay at the royal residence at Clarence House on Friday night will make it easier to walk to the event the following day

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October 25, 2022 15:55

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 10: External view of the royal residence, Clarence House on February 10, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Ming Yeung/Getty Images)

Chief Rabbi backs inquiry call for mandatory reporting of sexual abuse

'We must not stand idly by, while our children are in danger' says Rabbi Mirvis

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October 21, 2022 13:44

LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 26: Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis speaks at a National Holocaust Memorial Day event at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre on January 26, 2017 in London, England. The commemorative event, attended by religious leaders, heard testimonies from survivors of the Holocaust, in which millions of predominantly Jewish people were killed. National Holocaust Day on February 27 marks the 72nd anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp by Soviet troops. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

Yavneh tops the GCSE progress charts for Jewish schools

First performance figures released by Department for Education since pandemic outbreak

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October 21, 2022 11:53

Yavneh tops the GCSE progress charts for Jewish schools

Religious figures should not be exempt from 'mandatory reporting' of child sexual abuse

Recommendations of seven-year inquiry would make it compulsory for rabbis to report abuse to the authorities

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October 20, 2022 13:48

Religious figures should not be exempt from 'mandatory reporting' of child sexual abuse

Egalitarian Sephardi siddur’s new edition

The team behind the the first egalitarian Sephardi siddur has produced a companion volume for use on Shabbat

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October 20, 2022 13:48

Egalitarian Sephardi siddur’s new edition

Board president defends support for UK embassy move to Jerusalem

Marie van der Zyl was challenged over whether deputies had been consulted on policy

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October 20, 2022 11:33

Board president defends support for UK embassy move to Jerusalem

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