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JFS listed as top comprehensive in Times survey
Immanuel College was listed as best performing Jewish school overall in annual Parent Power table
December 5, 2025 12:44
Immanuel College was listed as best performing Jewish school overall in annual Parent Power table
December 5, 2025 12:44JFS is the top non-selective comprehensive in England and Wales – and the private Immanuel College the best-performing Jewish school, according to the annual Times Parent Power list, which is based on A-level and GCSE results this summer.
Hasmonean High School for Girls also made the top 10 for comprehensives in this year’s survey.
Immanuel was ranked joint 116th in the national table, which includes both state and fee-paying schools (joint 85th for A-levels and 175th for GCSE).
Dan Endlar, head of Immanuel, said, "We are immensely proud that Immanuel College has been recognised as the top Jewish school in the country in the recent Times survey. This recognition of outstanding academic success is a tribute to the exceptional commitment of our students and staff. Our distinctive blend of rigorous scholarship and personal nurture rooted in Jewish values continues to prepare our students for great academic outcomes, as well as lives of purpose, leadership and community engagement."
He added: “We remain dedicated to excellence in every dimension of school life and are delighted to celebrate the success of other community partners. Congratulations to JFS achieving the title of top comprehensive school.”
JFS, which was the highest ranked state faith school, made the top 200 at 195 (joint 91st for A-levels and equal 360th for GCSE).
The Times list noted: “Community collaboration is to the fore at the State Faith Secondary School of the Year. Founded in 1732 as the Jews’ Free School (JFS), a small charity school in the East End of London, JFS has grown to become one of the biggest schools in the country and the largest Jewish secondary school in Europe.”
David Moody, the school’s headteacher, told the newspaper: “I want us to maintain the academic standard, but above everything I want kindness.”
He continued: “The rise in antisemitism over the past two years has put a lot of pressure on the school community. It’s really tough. You watch kids walking down to the bus stops and they’re getting all sorts of words thrown at them.
“A natural response is to hunker down, but I think our job is to make the children see that there’s a world full of love out there.”
Hasmonean Girls was ranked 301 (320th for A-levels and 288 at GCSE), closely followed by JCoSS at 315 (equal 247th for A-levels and joint 424th for GCSE): Yavneh College at joint 318th (joint 186th for A-levels and 522nd for GCSE); and Hasmonean Boys (joint 270th for A-levels and equal 426th for GCSEs).
King David High School Manchester was at 466 (equal 406th for A-level and joint 526th for GCSE) and King David High School Liverpool was 692nd (joint 696th for A-levels and equal 604th for GCSE).
The results were based on top A*-B grades at A-level and 9-7 at GCSE.
Hasmonean Girls came eighth out of the comprehensives listed with JCoSS (12th) and Yanveh (13th) just out of the top ten.
(Some comprehensives are classifed as ‘partially selective’ in the table because they may choose some pupils, for example according to musical ability.)
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