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Chasidic boys’ school in Stamford Hill receives good rating from Ofsted

Beis Aharon was once branded inadequate but has now been praised for teaching pupils to be ‘positive citizens’

By Simon Rocker

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illustration: Getty Images

Sample of a German "Einbuergerungstest" (citizenship test) made available at one of Berlin's Volkshochschule (VHS) September 22, 2008, during the first test session in the capital. Germany on September 1 introduced a test foreigners will be required to take if they want to become German citizens, but critics have slammed the move as discriminatory. Officials came up with 310 questions to determine whether an applicant knows enough about the country's political system, history and cultural heritage to earn a German passport. AFP PHOTO JOHN MACDOUGALL (Photo credit should read JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images)

New German citizenship test includes questions about Israel, Jews and the Nazis

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