Beis Rochel d'Satmar Girls' School
Beis Rochel d'Satmar Girls' School is an independent, Hasidic school for boys and girls aged from 2 to 19. It is run by the Bais Rochel Dsatmar Charitable Trust (charity Number: 281371).
People
Trustees
| Name | Role | Date of appointment | Other trusteeships | Reporting status of other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solomon Berkowitz | Trustee | 11 May 2020 | Yeitev Lev Eretz Israel Ltd, Just Kidding, Talmud Torah Torah Veyirah D'Satmar London Limited | All received: on time |
| Abraham Schreiber | Trustee | 11 May 2020 | None on record | |
| Victor Langberg | Trustee | ? | None on record | |
| Jacob Frankel | Trustee | ? | Friends of Yeshiva Luzern, Nextgrant Limited, Vyoel Moshe Charitable Trust | All received: on time |
Talmud Torah Torah Veyirah D'Satmar London Limited runs the Beis Rochel D'Satmar School which is a boys school.
Ofsted reports
The most recent Ofsted investigation in November 2022 found that, “Leaders do not ensure that the PSHE and relationships education programmes comply with statutory guidance and equip pupils for life in British society. Pupils do not gain an awareness of a wide range of family structures and the legal rights and responsibilities regarding equality (particularly with reference to the protected characteristics as defined in the Equality Act 2010) and that everyone is unique and equal.”[2]
In 2015, The Times of Israel published an article which highlighted that “A Satmar Hasidic school in a London borough apologized for using the term “goyim” on worksheets following a newspaper report that its preschoolers were being taught that non-Jews are evil. An article published Tuesday in the Independent newspaper, a major British daily, focused on a worksheet on the Holocaust used by the young students at the Beis Rochel D’Satmar Girls’ School in Hackney, in northeast London, in which Nazis are referred to only with the term for non-Jews that some deem offensive.
The worksheet is in Yiddish, and the newspaper received an independent translation of the worksheet. The first question reads: “What have the evil goyim (non-Jews) done with the synagogues and cheders [Jewish primary schools]?” The answer in the completed worksheet reads “Burned them.” “The language we used was not in any way intended to cause offense, now this has been brought to our attention, we will endeavor to use more precise language in the future,” a school spokesman told the newspaper. The spokesman told the London Jewish Chronicle that the term goyim explicitly meant Nazis. “The leaflet that the Independent refers to was handed out on the 21 Kislev, when the Satmar Jews celebrate the rescue of their founding rabbi from Bergen-Belsen,” the spokesman, Shimon Cohen, told the Chronicle. “The questions were only talking about the specific event, but there is no Yiddish word for Nazis. The suggestion that children are being taught that non-Jews are evil is nonsense and simply false. They are being taught that Nazis are evil.” [3]
General information
- Address: 51-57 Amhurst Park, London, N16 5DL
- Local authority: Hackney
- Headteacher: Mrs Leah Jacobovics. Previous headteacher Elka Katz
- Age range: 2 to 19
- School type: Other independent school
- Gender of entry: Mixed
- ID: URN: 100293, DfE number: 204/6296 UKPRN: 10014855
- Proprietor’s name: Beis Rochel Dsatmar Charitable Trust
- Open date: 3 January 1978[4]