Beis Ruchel Girls School (secondary)

Beis Ruchel Girls School (secondary) (URN 136086), is a Salford based Strictly Orthodox Jewish school for girls aged 11-16

It is run by Beis Ruchel School Ltd (Company number 03561612; Charity number: 1074439).

Inspections

In September 2024 Ofsted judged the school to require improvement and found that it did not meet all the independent school standards. Quality of education and behaviour were good; personal development and leadership required improvement. It reported that most pupils are members of the Satmar community, that the school operates from 11 Norton Street, Salford, and is registered for up to 240 girls aged 11 to 16, and that the proprietor also runs the separately registered primary school with an entrance at 87 Devonshire Street. The report named the proprietor as Berusch Krausz and the headteacher as Esther Krausz, and recorded no fees. A material change inspection in June 2023 found that the relevant standards were met. At a progress monitoring inspection in May 2025, not all the standards checked were met. The Department for Education's register records 198 pupils on roll against a capacity of 240.

Inspection history

Date	Inspectorate and type	Outcome
1 May 2025	Ofsted, additional (progress monitoring) inspection	Not all independent school standards checked were met
24 to 26 September 2024	Ofsted, standard inspection	Requires improvement
7 June 2023	Ofsted, material change inspection	Meets the standards relevant to the change
22 to 24 November 2022	Ofsted, standard inspection	Requires improvement
14–16 January 2020	Ofsted, standard inspection	Requires improvement
4 July 2019	Ofsted, additional (progress monitoring) inspection	Not all independent school standards checked were met
11–13 July 2018	Ofsted, standard inspection	Requires improvement
25–27 November 2014	Ofsted, standard inspection	Good

The full list of reports is published by Ofsted.

Charity finances

Beis Ruchel School Ltd (charity number 1074439; company number 03561612) was registered with the Charity Commission on 26 February 1999. In the financial year to 31 May 2025 it reported income of £1,749,924 and spending of £1,619,167, compared with £1,548,596 in the year to 31 May 2021. It reported 173 employees. The trustees listed on the register are Chaim Shimen Lebrecht, Paul Rothschild and Berusch Krausz.

People

Directors

The school is registered on Companies House with a different address to the school itself: 144 Fawcett Estate Clapton Common, London, E5 9DQ.

Name	Correspondence address	Role	Position	Date of birth	Appointed on	Resigned on	Nationality	Country of residence	Occupation
Moishe Zvi Rothbart	10 Legh Street, Salford, Lancashire, M7 4EF	Active	Secretary	?	15 May 1998	Present	United Kingdom	England	Sales person
Berush Krausz	67 Wellington Street East, Salford, Lancashire, M7 4DN	Active	Director	July 1966	9 May 2005	Present	United Kingdom	England	Student
Bernard Olsberg	22 New Hall Avenue, Salford, M7 4HR	Resigned	Director	11 May 1998	15 May 1998	Present	United Kingdom	England	Nominee Secretary
Chaim Shimen	6 Marston Road, Salford, M7 4ER	Resigned	Director	May 1968	15 May 1998	13 November 2018	United Kingdom	England	Manager
Rachel Hannah Olsberg	22 New Hall Avenue, Salford, M7 4HR	Resigned	Nominee Director	February 1948	11 May 1998	15 May 1998	United Kingdom	England	Estate Agency
Paul Rothschild	3 Saltire Gardens, Salford, Manchester, M7 4BG	Resigned	Director	August 1973	10 May 2005	13 November 2018	United Kingdom	England	Property Management
Jehuda Wosner	5 Castelfield Avenue, Salford, Greater Manchester, M7 0HJ	Resigned	Director	December 1972	25 May 1998	9 May 2005	Israel	England	Teacher

Trustees

Name	Role	Date of appointment	Other trusteeships	Reporting status of other trusteeships
Chaim Shimen Lebrecht	Trustee	1?	Friends of Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok, The Great Club Charitable Trust Ltd, Mike Taharas Ruchel, Mikve Trust Limited, CSBS Trust, KYC Manchester, Memhay Limited, Satmar Torah Trust Ltd	All received: on time
Paul Rothschild	Trustee	?	The Great Club Charitable Trust and Cong Yetev Lev D'Satmar M/C Ltd	Received: on time, Received 43 days late
Barush Krausz	Trustee	?	None on record

Notably, Trustee and Director Chaim Shimen Lebrecht is a trustee of Friends of Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok, whose activities have been stated as: “During the year the charity has continued its philanthropic activities and has maintained its support of the religious educational and charitable activities of the Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok community in Israel.”

See also

• Jewish Schools in the UK