The Department for Education is considering a request from Jewish leaders and MPs to help fund security at independent Jewish schools.
State-aided Jewish schools already benefit from a £2 million annual grant towards their security costs provided by the government since 2010.
But a delegation which met Education Secretary Nicky Morgan on Monday pressed the case for additional money to cover the private sector.
A DFE spokesman said that Ms Morgan had asked the Community Security Trust “to provide us with further information on what more support they believe is necessary to ensure all young people and school staff are kept safe”.