Beis Chinuch Lebonos Girls School
Independent Orthodox Jewish girls’ school in Stamford Hill, Hackney (URN 102171)
| Beis Chinuch Lebonos Girls School
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| Type | Independent school (other independent) |
| Founded | Charitable company incorporated 1993; charity registered 28 September 1995 |
| Location | Woodberry Down Centre, Woodberry Down, London N4 2SH |
| Key people | Abraham Schechter (proprietor / chair) Mrs Leah Klein (headteacher) |
Beis Chinuch Lebonos Girls School is an independent Orthodox Jewish day school for girls aged 2 to 16 at the Woodberry Down Centre, Woodberry Down, London N4 2SH, in the London Borough of Hackney (Stamford Hill). Ofsted URN 102171; DfE number 204/6399. Capacity 850; 790 pupils on the latest Ofsted extract (707 on roll at the March 2025 inspection). Headteacher: Mrs Leah Klein. Proprietor and chair named on Ofsted / GIAS: Abraham Schechter. Religious character and ethos: Orthodox Jewish. Most pupils speak Yiddish as their first language. No website. Telephone 020 8809 7737; email bursar@bclschool.org.uk. Fees: none recorded. No boarders. Has nursery classes. Non-selective. Ofsted-regulated.[1][2][3]
The school is run by Beis Chinuch Lebonos Limited (company 02831224; charity 1049458), registered 28 September 1995. Objects: provision of schooling to the Orthodox Jewish community. Operates in Hackney. Year to 31 August 2024: income £4,459,679 (donations £4.44m, including £1,235,486 from three government grants); expenditure £4,537,379. 310 employees, 44 volunteers, four unpaid trustees. Gift Aid not recognised. A Commission regulatory alert records that an inquiry into the charity has been opened; reporting is otherwise on time. Contact address on some charity listings: 141 Castlewood Road, London N15 6BD.[4]
A separately registered early-years setting, Beis Chinuch Lebonos Nursery (Ofsted URN EY403275), operates on the same site and is registered to Beis Chinuch Lebonos Limited (100 places; judged Good, November 2024).[5]
Friends of Beis Chinuch Lebonos Trust (charity 1153187) exists to support the school and the advancement of Orthodox Jewish education.[6]
A different independent school using the Beis Chinuch Lebonos name operates in Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend.
Ofsted
Standard inspections have judged the school Requires Improvement in February 2020, November–December 2022 and March 2025 (quality of education and behaviour Good in 2025; overall Requires Improvement). An earlier 2008 inspection was Good.[1][3]
People
| Name | Role | Appointed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abraham Schechter (born January 1962) | Proprietor / chair; director; trustee | Director 15 September 2015; trustee 1 September 2018 | Correspondence: Woodberry Down Centre |
| Esther Spitzer (Mrs Spitzer; born August 1947) | Director; trustee | Director 29 June 1993 | Also trustee of Paget C.I.O.; correspondence 5 Paget Road, N16 |
| Neil Spitzer (born November 1972) | Director; trustee | Director 21 January 2022 | Correspondence 26 Heathland Road, N16 |
| Chanoch Henoch Teitelbaum | Trustee | 16 December 2015 | Occupation listed as rabbi |
| Mrs Leah Klein | Headteacher | — | Named on GIAS and Ofsted |
| Isaiah Gluck | Former director | — | Resigned (Companies House) |
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Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ofsted, Beis Chinuch Lebonos Girls School URN 102171, accessed 9 September 2026.
- ↑ Department for Education, Beis Chinuch Lebonos Girls School URN 102171, accessed 9 September 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ofsted, Inspection of Beis Chinuch Lebonos Girls School, 25–27 March 2025.
- ↑ Charity Commission, BEIS CHINUCH LEBONOS LIMITED charity 1049458, accessed 9 September 2026.
- ↑ Ofsted, Beis Chinuch Lebonos Nursery URN EY403275, accessed 9 September 2026.
- ↑ Find that Charity / Charity Commission, Friends of Beis Chinuch Lebonos Trust charity 1153187.