Nick Gibb, the School Standards Minister, was pressed over funding for special needs pupils at a meeting with Pajes, the Jewish Leadership Council’s schools network, this week.

Raisel Freedman, Pajes public affairs lead, said, “Despite the government’s commitment to raise the allocation for SEND , we discussed whether it is having the intended impact.

“We have been informed that they are currently reviewing the allocation as they are aware that there is still some way to go to provide greater support for schools.”

The delegation, which included Pajes executive director Rabbi David Meyer and Jake Berger, education policy and youth engagement officer at the Board of Deputies, raised a number of issues with Mr Gibb.

They discussed how Jewish children could benefit from the pupil premium and free schools meals — measures to help financially disadvantaged families.

They also highlighted the problems of Charedi schools over requirements to teach about LGBT people.

Pajes has argued that demands by Ofsted go beyond the Department for Education’s own guidelines — a view echoed in a recent report by the think-tank Policy Exchange.“We flagged the disparity of approach between Ofsted and the DfE,” Mrs Freedman said.

Mr Gibb, she said, “reassured us that the DfE have not changed their approach and have therefore changed the way they communicate to schools after inspections in order to deal with this issue. ”

Of the 25 Charedi schools inspected since September, Pajes says nine have experienced problems only because of the LGBT issue.