School criticised over lapse in security

The Yeshiva Ketanah, which teaches 20 boys from 13 to 16, had made “limited progress” in tackling unmet educational standards but the appointment of an experienced head of secular studies was “a step in the right direction”.

A number of laptops had now been bought, Ofsted said, although there had been “a delay in implementation because leaders were addressing differences of opinion in the community about the use of technology to support learning”.

Arrangements have been made to apply filters for internet searches and the school had now registered with a provider for setting up a digital classroom.

A Lubavitch spokesman noted that inspectors had also found that children were “supervised well” during the day and that suitably detailed plans were in place for teaching maths, English and science.

There was good news for one Charedi school this week, the Talmud Torah Machzikei Hadass in Stamford Hill.

After an emergency inspection, Ofsted said the Belz-run boys’ school met standards for safeguarding, welfare of pupils and premises.

Its updated policy was “comprehensive and covers all aspects of safeguarding, including extremism and radicalisation, child sexual exploitation, female genital mutilation and children missing in education”.