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Charedi schools continue to fall foul of Ofsted over non-teaching of LGBT issues

Inspectors say pupils need to be better prepared for life in modern Britain

January 20, 2022 14:55
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Charedi schools are continuing to be penalised by Ofsted for not teaching about LGBT issues.

The quality of education at Tiferes, an independent girls’ secondary school in Hendon, was rated good in its latest inspection but overall the school received a lower ‘requires improvement’ grade.

While subjects were well planned, some students did not study the full curriculum including English literature, Ofsted said.

Leaders did “not provide sufficient information about some groups of people, for example those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans (LGBT) in their programme for relationships education”. They “should ensure that “pupils are more suitably prepared to appreciate the diversity of modern British society”.