The tax authorities have given Jewish schools a welcome New Year break by restoring their right to claim Gift Aid on parental donations for Jewish studies.
The announcement of the decision by HMRC followed a meeting today between the Prime Minister Theresa May and communal leaders where the issue was raised.
A number of schools had already been deprived over the past two or three years of their Gift Claims, costing a school such as JFS hundreds of thousands of pounds a year.
Had the policy been extended, the financial viability of some state-aided Jewish schools could have been threatened since they rely on parental contributions to support religious education.
