Yavneh College in Hertfordshire is to hold a special open morning next week for parents of pupils at King Solomon High School in Redbridge, which is under threat of closure.
Governors of KSHS last week announced a consultation about closing the school at the end of the current academic year due to falling numbers, although it may be two to three months before a decision is made by the local education authority.
Spencer Lewis, executive headteacher of Yavneh, who was previously head of King Solomon, said on Monday: “We are running a special open morning for King Solomon High School parents next Tuesday to gauge interest and to see how we may be able to help.”
Ready to help: Yavneh College's head Spencer Lewis (photo: Zoe Cooper)Zoe Cooper Photography
While Yavneh is over-subscribed, earlier this year it was primed to launch a special fundraising drive in order to accept pupils from Immanuel College when the private school had announced its closure last summer term.
In the event, Immanuel found new investment to secure its future and Yavneh did not have to implement its rescue scheme.
In the past, pupils from the north-west London area travelled to attend King Solomon when there was a shortage of places at Jewish schools.
But this supply of pupils stopped following the opening of Yavneh and then JCoSS.
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