But it is unlikely to have great impact on the allocation of places, since last year 43 children went from Sinai and nine from NWLJDS to JFS.
The two primaries are both located in the same borough as JFS, Brent.
Announcing the results of a consultation on the change, the school said “offering priority on a capped basis to other Brent Jewish schools is an appropriate step both in terms of recognising where we are located but also taking steps to preserve both the character and future numbers of the school”.
Taking account of responses both for and against the change, it said “the capped priority recognises the strength of feeling on both sides.
“The capped numbers have been arrived at following careful analysis of the data in terms of historic numbers of non-sibling applicants from those schools, places offered and places accepted.”
The cap on priority places would “allay fears that significant numbers of places might essentially be put aside for the feeder schools and also limit any unintended consequences should those schools expand”.
