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Analysis

Will schools have enough places?

As next Tuesday’s deadline approaches for applications to secondary schools, many parents will be wondering whether there will there be a place for their child in a Jewish school in London.

October 26, 2017 13:48
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As next Tuesday’s deadline approaches for applications to secondary schools, many parents will be wondering whether there will there be a place for their child in a Jewish school in London.

The creation of more places in the mainstream Jewish state sector for 2017 seems to have been enough to accommodate those who wanted one — though it is always possible that some families settled for a non-Jewish school rather than wait for a vacancy which only became available at a Jewish school later in the allocation process.

Partnerships for Jewish Schools has offered some reassurance for 2018 following a meeting of Jewish headteachers last week. Rabbi David Meyer, its executive director, said it was “in discussion with the secondary schools to try and ensure the provision of sufficient places for the coming academic year. As has been the case for the past two years, it is our expectation that there will be sufficient additional provision provided.”

For 2017, JCoSS increased its intake from 180 to 210; JFS was ready to add a bulge class of 30, though in the end it took only a few pupils more than its regular 300 limit; Hasmonean offered 191 places, well above its official maximum of 150.