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Hasmonean may consider splitting in two

Orthodox school with separate boys and girls sites may formally divide after court ruling on gender segregation

October 16, 2017 15:53
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Parents of Hasmonean High School have been told it may consider splitting into two schools as a result of a court ruling against segregation of boys and girls.

Andrew McClusky, executive headteacher of the school, said he and its chairman of governors had written to the Department for Education to discuss the result of the case.

“The judgment may well mean that we will have to go through a consultation process with stakeholders to separate into two separate single sex schools within one multi-academy trust, but this will need to be clarified,” he said.

The Court of Appeal last week ruled that Ofsted had been justified in criticising Al-Hijrah, a state-aided Islamic school in Birmingham, which educates boys and girls separately.