With the first round of secondary school places released this week, the early signs were that a significant number of children failed to secure places at their chosen Jewish schools.
At Rosh Pinah Primary School, in London, 17 of its 54 year six pupils were without a place.
Yavneh College head Spencer Lewis said that the maximum 150 places had been offered from a pool of 541 applicants.
JCoSS head Patrick Moriarty stressed that "out of the 180 places, a significant proportion of places have been offered to new families in our first round" - children who do not have siblings at JCoSS nor attend a feeder school.
