Ateres Girls High School
Independent Orthodox Jewish girls’ secondary school in Gateshead (URN 138118)
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| Type | Independent school (other independent) |
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| Founded | School opened 2011–12; charity registered 9 August 2011 |
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| Location | Willow Grove, Felling, Gateshead NE10 9PQ |
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| Key people | David Schleider (proprietor / chair) Rabbi Y M Katz (headteacher) |
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Ateres Girls High School is an independent Orthodox Jewish day school for girls aged 11 to 16 at Willow Grove, Felling, Gateshead NE10 9PQ. Ofsted URN 138118; DfE number 390/6000. Local authority: Gateshead. It is run by the charitable company Ateres (charity 1143297; company 07730926; previous name Lemaan Beis Hashem Limited). Headteacher: Rabbi Y M Katz (from October 2015). Proprietor and chair named on Get Information About Schools / Ofsted reports: David Schleider (also filed Shleider). Religious ethos: Jewish. No website recorded. Fees: voluntary contributions. Capacity 300; 268 pupils on the latest GIAS extract. Ofsted-regulated. Gift Aid not recognised.[1][2][3]
The charity’s objects are: (1) the establishment and running of Ateres Girls High School to provide a Jewish education, based on Torah values, for secondary-school girls of the Orthodox Jewish community by a combined national and Jewish curriculum; (2) the provision of buildings, grants and services for the advancement of the Orthodox Jewish faith. It operates in Gateshead. 37 employees and three unpaid trustees. Year to 31 August 2024: income £1,683,665 (donations £1.50m; charitable activities £157,690; three government grants totalling £13,120); expenditure £921,635.[3][4]
Fundraising material describes it as Gateshead’s only Jewish high school for girls, opened in 2011. A 2020 expansion campaign for eight classrooms, offices and a hall raised over £800,000; a later “Opening” campaign sought a further £320,000 to fit out the new wing.[5]
Ofsted
The school has been judged Requires Improvement at successive standard inspections (including June 2016 Inadequate; then Requires Improvement in May 2018, November 2019, July 2022 and June 2024). Progress-monitoring visits followed failures to meet the independent school standards. In July 2022 quality of education was Good and behaviour and attitudes Outstanding, but personal development and leadership and management Required Improvement. A May 2023 material-change inspection found the relevant standards met after the school had exceeded its then registered number (286 on roll against a registered 250); capacity was later recorded as 300.[2][6][7]
Pupils follow a Kodesh curriculum and a secular curriculum including GCSEs. No alternative provision. No boarders.
Trustees, directors and key staff — Ateres Girls High School / Ateres (07730926 / 1143297)
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned | Notes |
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| David Schleider (also filed Shleider; born August 1959) | Proprietor / chair (Ofsted, GIAS); director; Charity Commission trustee | 2 October 2011 (company); 6 October 2011 (charity) | — | Also trustee of Gateshead Jewish Boarding School, L'Chu Vonim Youth Centre, The Forum Charitable Trust, Jewish Community Council of Gateshead, Gesher, GJPS Trust Fund, The Pariser and Schleider Charitable Trust, Centre for Torah V'Chesed Trust, Ravenside Trust, The Rabbi Aryeh and Miriam Carmell Memorial Fund |
| Dovid Morgan / Anthony Charles Morgan (born April 1953) | Director; Charity Commission trustee (as Mr Dovid Morgan) | 2 October 2011 (company); 6 October 2011 (charity) | — | Companies House lists Anthony Charles Morgan |
| Yechezkel Michael Halberstadt (born April 1972) | Director | 2 October 2011 | — | Not listed as a current Charity Commission trustee |
| Rabbi Y M Katz | Headteacher | October 2015 (SchoolDash / GIAS) | — | Named on Ofsted reports |
| Jonathan Chody | Director | 5 August 2011 | 23 October 2011 | Formation director |
| Esther Beracha Chody | Director | 5 August 2011 | 2 October 2011 | Formation director |
| Joseph Gutstein | Director | 5 August 2011 | 2 October 2011 | Formation director |
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Notes
- ↑ Department for Education, Ateres Girls High School URN 138118, accessed 9 September 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ofsted, Ateres Girls High School URN 138118, accessed 9 September 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Charity Commission, ATERES charity 1143297, accessed 9 September 2026.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Full print charity 1143297, accessed 9 September 2026.
- ↑ Ateres Girls High School campaign page, Charity Extra / ateres.org.uk materials, accessed 9 September 2026.
- ↑ Ofsted, Inspection of Ateres Girls High School, 12–14 July 2022.
- ↑ Ofsted, School material change inspection report, 24 May 2023.