JFS set to become academy under JCAT

FS has taken a step nearer to becoming part of the United Synagogue-run Jewish Community Academy Trust.

The local Regional Schools Commissioner has confirmed JCAT as the preferred sponsor in principle for the country’s largest Jewish school.

JFS is currently a voluntary-aided school but now has no option other than to become part of a multi-academy trust after receiving an inadequate rating from Ofsted and being put into special measures in the summer.

As an academy, it would get funding directly from a state agency rather than through the local council.