Menorah High on top again in GCSE league tables

Twelve of the 14 Jewish state-aided secondary schools were above the national average points score for English state schools of 45.9.

The private Immanuel College does not appear in the tables because pupils take a number of international GCSEs (iGCSEs) which do not count towards the DfE’s data.

This year there is no progress score for secondary schools – which measures how far pupils have come academically since they entered school – because of Covid disruption; the lockdown meant that assessments of pupil ability at the time were not done.

Menorah was also exceptional in that more than half of its girls achieved an EBacc level at grade 5 (a strong pass – grade 4 is considered a lower pass). EBacc is an index of performance in traditional academic subjects, although a recently published curriculum review has recommended that it be scrapped.

In most Jewish schools, at least two thirds of pupils pass English and maths at grade 5. On this measure too Menorah High was top of the Jewish league.