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Worry for faith schools as Ofsted continues its no-notice inspections

September 23, 2014 10:35

By

Charlotte Oliver,

Charlotte Oliver

2 min read

Concern has been raised among leading figures in Jewish education that faith schools are being unfairly scrutinised, following Ofsted's onslaught of no-notice inspections.

Last week, news of JFS' downgrading was followed by inspectors turning up at three Jewish schools - Yesodey Hatorah, Hackney; Beis Yaakov, Salford; and Bnois Jerusalem, Hackney.

Ofsted said it would be carrying out 40 spot inspections of state schools in the wake of the "Trojan Horse" allegations in Birmingham, but denied it was targeting Jewish schools.

But Jonathan Rabson, chief executive of the National Association of Orthodox Jewish Schools (NAJOS) said: "We are very concerned about the recent spate of unannounced inspections of Jewish schools, which are way out of proportion with no-notice inspections in other faith communities.