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Pluralist Jewish state secondary school in New Barnet, north London

JCoSS (Jewish Community Secondary School)

Type Voluntary aided Jewish secondary school with sixth form (mixed, ages 11–18)
Founded 1 September 2010
Registration ID URN 135747 (Department for Education); trust charity 1107705 (Charity Commission); company 05313603 (Companies House)
Headquarters Castlewood Road, New Barnet, Hertfordshire, EN4 9GE
Location London Borough of Barnet
Registration England and Wales
Key people Melanie Lee (headteacher); Patrick Moriarty (former headteacher); Jeremy Stowe-Lindner (founding headteacher)
Website jcoss.org

JCoSS (the Jewish Community Secondary School) is a state-funded, voluntary aided Jewish secondary school in New Barnet, in the London Borough of Barnet. It opened on 1 September 2010 and had 1,356 pupils on the Department for Education register in October 2026.[1] Ofsted describes it as having "a pluralist Jewish religious character".[2] The school's foundation body, The Jewish Community Secondary School Trust, states that its objective was "to create the UK's first truly inclusive, state-funded Jewish secondary school".[3]

In 2011 the school's website said that its ethos "supports the right of Israel to exist within safe and recognised borders and is developing strong links with Israel".[4] Its current ethos page says that the Israeli flag is displayed alongside the British flag "in the Heart Space of the School".[5]

History

The Jewish Community Secondary School Trust was incorporated as a company limited by guarantee on 15 December 2004 (company number 05313603) and registered as a charity on 19 January 2005 (charity number 1107705).[6][3] Ofsted reported in 2012 that the school "opened in new, purpose-built accommodation in September 2010" with 342 students in Years 7 and 8 and a projected roll of 1,310. The chair of governors was Mike Grabiner and the headteacher was Jeremy Stowe-Lindner.[7] The sixth form opened in September 2012. By the 2015 inspection, when Patrick Moriarty was headteacher and Jeremy Kosky chaired the governing body, there were 1,111 pupils.[8] In 2022 the chair of governors was Mark Freedman.[2] By December 2023 the website named Melanie Lee as headteacher.[9]

In January 2011 the school's home page described it as "a genuinely inclusive cross-communal school, embracing the entire Jewish community regardless of affiliation or practice", adding that "with a love of Israel and a passion for hard work and communal leadership, our students embody the very best of British and Jewish values".[10]

Religious character

The Department for Education records JCoSS's religious character as Jewish.[1] In 2012 Ofsted reported that the school had established "a distinct identity … as an inclusive, cross-communal school".[7] In 2015 it found that pupils "readily engage in conversation about the pluralistic nature of their school".[8] The school's current ethos page states that "JCoSS is a pluralist Jewish learning community", citing the rabbinic phrase elu v'elu divrei elohim chayim ("these and these are the words of the Living God").[5]

Relation to Israel and Zionism

Website statements, 2011 and 2025

In March 2011 the school's FAQ page "Do you support Israel?" read:

"The school ethos supports the right of Israel to exist within safe and recognised borders and is developing strong links with Israel. It has developed a knowledge of and relationship with Israel's people, history and land, and takes pride in its achievements. There are regular visitors and guests from Israel, internet links with pupils in Israeli schools and residential visits to Israel. In addition JCoSS has generated close links with Israeli schools and teachers."[4]

The ethos page captured in October 2025 contains neither this text nor a link to the FAQ. It says instead that students "explore and reflect upon their own relationship to God, to Jewish history, to Israel and to the Jewish community, with the aim of deepening their commitment to and love of כלל ישראל (clal yisrael/the Jewish people)". In its section on British values it adds: "The British flag (together with the Israeli flag) is on prominent display in the Heart Space of the School."[5] The January 2013 version of the ethos page did not mention Israel.[11]

Israel Journey

The school's website carried posts for its "Israel Journey" in 2014 and 2017.[12][9] In July 2012 its news page linked to "a recent article from the Times of Israel".[13]

Ofsted inspections

Ofsted inspections of JCoSS
Inspection date Type Outcome Published
9 and 10 November 2022 School inspection Good 10 January 2023
16 January 2019 Short inspection School continues to be good 27 February 2019
1–2 December 2015 Full inspection Good 8 January 2016
15–16 May 2012 Full inspection Good 1 June 2012

Source: Ofsted.[14][15]

The Jewish Community Secondary School Trust

The Jewish Community Secondary School Trust is a charitable company limited by guarantee. Its registered office and its charity contact address are at the school: JCoSS School, Castlewood Road, Cockfosters, Barnet, Hertfordshire, EN4 9GE.[6][3] Its objects are "the advancement of education in particular by the provision and maintenance of a school or schools and by ancillary or incidental educational activities for the benefit of the community".[16]

Trustees

Trustees of The Jewish Community Secondary School Trust
Name Role Date of appointment
Graham Andrew Harris Trustee 24 May 2018
Joel Anthony Courts Trustee 21 January 2019
Harvey Soning Trustee 21 January 2019
Jonathan Bryk Trustee 4 April 2022
Samantha Simmonds Trustee 24 March 2025
Jeremy Kosky Trustee 24 March 2025
Nicole Julia Ronson Allalouf Trustee 15 December 2025
Adam David Dawson Trustee 13 July 2026
Samantha Lee Sellyn-Benson Trustee 13 July 2026

Source: Charity Commission.[17]

Company officers

Officers of The Jewish Community Secondary School Trust (company number 05313603)
Name Role Appointed Resigned
Joel Anthony Courts Secretary 21 January 2019 –
Jonathan Adam Bryk Director 4 April 2022 –
Joel Anthony Courts Director 21 January 2019 –
Adam David Dawson Director 13 July 2026 –
Graham Andrew Harris Director 24 May 2018 –
Jeremy Paul Kosky Director 24 March 2025 –
Nicole Julia Ronson Allalouf Director 15 December 2025 –
Samantha Lee Sellyn-Benson Director 13 July 2026 –
Samantha Rose Simmonds Director 24 March 2025 –
Harvey Murray Soning Director 21 January 2019 –
Jamie Robert Cassell Secretary 17 June 2013 1 January 2020
Marc Jonathan Herman Secretary 21 December 2004 17 June 2013
Catherine Elizabeth Margaret Rustomji Secretary 15 December 2004 21 December 2004
Nicole Julia Ronson Allalouf Director 13 July 2015 15 July 2024
William Stephen Benjamin Director 31 July 2009 4 March 2013
Martine Brent Director 4 April 2022 30 June 2025
Jamie Robert Cassell Director 5 December 2012 1 January 2020
Julia Sarah Chain Director 14 January 2009 13 January 2010
Stephen Alan Clayman Director 23 November 2015 17 July 2021
Linda Jillian Cooke Director 15 December 2004 16 March 2006
Jonathan Arthur Epstein Director 2 August 2006 16 May 2014
Ross Marc Fabian Director 17 April 2007 5 December 2012
Jonathan Leigh Fingerhut Director 15 December 2004 9 December 2013
Mark David Freedman Director 23 November 2015 18 November 2024
Alfred Marcel Garfield Director 13 January 2010 10 December 2018
Richard Anthony Gold Director 15 December 2004 17 April 2007
Alan Irving Goldman Director 15 July 2006 13 July 2015
Gabrielle Josephine Gourgey Director 9 March 2011 17 June 2013
Michael Grabiner Director 9 January 2008 28 December 2016
Marc Jonathan Herman Director 21 December 2004 9 December 2013
Tamara Margaret Isaacs Director 4 March 2013 24 January 2022
Adrian Neil Jacob Director 4 April 2022 18 November 2024
Jeremy Paul Kosky Director 12 December 2011 23 November 2020
David Mark Kyte Director 4 March 2013 18 May 2020
Helena Miller Director 23 May 2006 11 May 2015
Stephen David Moss Director 4 March 2013 24 March 2025
Michael Lionel Phillips Director 6 March 2007 17 June 2013
Robert Neil Shrager Director 9 January 2008 28 February 2009
Jodie Sinyor Director 18 January 2021 25 March 2025
Harvey Murray Soning Director 9 March 2011 25 January 2018
Russell Paul Tenzer Director 15 July 2006 14 January 2009

Source: Companies House.[18]

Finances

The Jewish Community Secondary School Trust: income and expenditure
Financial year end Income Expenditure
31 March 2021 £1,572,800 £1,944,111
31 March 2022 £1,437,979 £2,589,827
31 March 2023 £1,804,448 £2,999,307
31 March 2024 £1,691,777 £2,693,859
31 March 2025 £2,574,672 £2,747,169

Source: Charity Commission.[19] In the year to 31 March 2025 the trust recorded £2,528,683 of income from donations and legacies, and £1,803,153 of grants to institutions.[19]

JCoSS Parents Association

JCoSS Parents Association CIO (charity number 1216412) was registered on 8 January 2026, with the object of "supporting and enhancing the educational experience of pupils at JCoSS".[20]

Donors

Grants to JCoSS or its trust recorded in donors' accounts
Donor Financial year Amount Recorded as
The Exilarch's Foundation Year to 31 December 2016 £20,000 "The Jewish Community Secondary School Trust"[21][22]
Maurice Hatter Foundation Year to 5 April 2016 £5,000 (previous year £2,500) "Jewish Community Secondary School Trust"[23]
Stella and Alexander Margulies Charitable Trust Year to 5 April 2011 £5,000 "Jewish Community Secondary School Trust"[24]
Stella and Alexander Margulies Charitable Trust Year to 5 April 2013 £1,000 "Jewish Community Secondary School"[25]
Stella and Alexander Margulies Charitable Trust Year to 5 April 2014 £1,500 "Jewish Community Secondary School"[26]
Stella and Alexander Margulies Charitable Trust Years to 5 April 2015, 2016 and 2017 £2,500 a year "Jewish Community Secondary School"[27][28][29]
Federation of Jewish Relief Organisations Year to 31 March 2018 £5,000 "Jewish Community Secondary School"[30]
The Rayne Trust Year to 31 March 2019 £5,000 "Jewish Community Secondary School", "A general donation"[31]
Jewish Child's Day Year to 31 December 2023 (nil in 2024) £5,000 "JCoSS - Jewish Community Secondary School"[32]
Shoresh Charitable Trust Year to 31 March 2025 £5,000 "Jewish Community Secondary Community Engagement"[33]
The Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust Year to 5 April 2025 £100,000 "Jewish Community Secondary School"[34]

Jewish Child's Day's accounts state that Stephen Moss CBE is a trustee of both charities.[32] The same note in the Federation of Jewish Relief Organisations accounts for 2017–18 records £20,000 to the Jaffa Institution in Israel.[30]

Contact

  • Address: JCoSS, Castlewood Road, New Barnet, Hertfordshire, EN4 9GE[1]
  • Telephone: 020 8344 2220[2]
  • Email: admin@jcoss.barnet.sch.uk[35]

External links

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Department for Education, JCoSS (URN 135747) Get Information about Schools, accessed 29 October 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Ofsted, JCoSS: section 5 inspection report Ofsted, inspection 9–10 November 2022, published 10 January 2023, accessed 29 October 2026.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Charity Commission, The Jewish Community Secondary School Trust – charity overview Register of Charities, charity number 1107705; register data extracts of 13 and 16 October 2026, accessed 29 October 2026.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 JCoSS, Do you support Israel? JCoSS website, archived by the Wayback Machine on 8 March 2011, accessed 29 October 2026.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 JCoSS, Our ethos JCoSS website, archived by the Wayback Machine on 28 October 2025, accessed 29 October 2026.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Companies House, The Jewish Community Secondary School Trust – company overview (company number 05313603) Find and update company information, accessed 29 October 2026.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Ofsted, The Jewish Community Secondary School: section 5 inspection report Ofsted, inspection 15–16 May 2012, published 1 June 2012, accessed 29 October 2026.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Ofsted, JCoSS: section 5 inspection report Ofsted, inspection 1–2 December 2015, published 8 January 2016, accessed 29 October 2026.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 JCoSS, Israel (Israel Journey 2017) JCoSS website, archived by the Wayback Machine on 7 December 2023, accessed 29 October 2026.
  10. ↑ JCoSS, Home JCoSS website, archived by the Wayback Machine on 21 January 2011, accessed 29 October 2026.
  11. ↑ JCoSS, Our ethos JCoSS website, archived by the Wayback Machine on 19 January 2013, accessed 29 October 2026.
  12. ↑ JCoSS, Israel (The Israel Journey 2014) JCoSS website, archived by the Wayback Machine on 6 July 2022, accessed 29 October 2026.
  13. ↑ JCoSS, Times of Israel article JCoSS website, archived by the Wayback Machine on 6 October 2012, accessed 29 October 2026.
  14. ↑ Ofsted, JCoSS – inspection reports Ofsted reports, accessed 29 October 2026.
  15. ↑ Ofsted, JCoSS: short inspection report Ofsted, inspection 16 January 2019, published 27 February 2019, accessed 29 October 2026.
  16. ↑ Charity Commission, The Jewish Community Secondary School Trust – governing document Register of Charities, charity number 1107705; register data extracts of 13 and 16 October 2026, accessed 29 October 2026.
  17. ↑ Charity Commission, The Jewish Community Secondary School Trust – trustees Register of Charities, charity number 1107705; register data extracts of 13 and 16 October 2026, accessed 29 October 2026.
  18. ↑ Companies House, The Jewish Community Secondary School Trust – officers (company number 05313603) Find and update company information, accessed 29 October 2026.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Charity Commission, The Jewish Community Secondary School Trust – financial history Register of Charities, charity number 1107705; register data extracts of 13 and 16 October 2026, accessed 29 October 2026.
  20. ↑ Charity Commission, JCoSS Parents Association CIO – charity overview Register of Charities, charity number 1216412; register data extracts of 13 and 16 October 2026, accessed 29 October 2026.
  21. ↑ The Exilarch's Foundation, Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2016 Charity Commission accounts, archived by the UK Government Web Archive, charity number 275919, accessed 29 October 2026.
  22. ↑ The Exilarch's Foundation, Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2017 Charity Commission accounts, archived by the UK Government Web Archive, charity number 275919, accessed 29 October 2026.
  23. ↑ Maurice Hatter Foundation, Accounts for the year ended 5 April 2016 Charity Commission accounts, archived by the UK Government Web Archive, charity number 298119, accessed 29 October 2026.
  24. ↑ Stella and Alexander Margulies Charitable Trust, Accounts for the year ended 5 April 2011 Charity Commission accounts, archived by the UK Government Web Archive, charity number 220441, accessed 29 October 2026.
  25. ↑ Stella and Alexander Margulies Charitable Trust, Accounts for the year ended 5 April 2013 Charity Commission accounts, archived by the UK Government Web Archive, charity number 220441, accessed 29 October 2026.
  26. ↑ Stella and Alexander Margulies Charitable Trust, Accounts for the year ended 5 April 2014 Charity Commission accounts, archived by the UK Government Web Archive, charity number 220441, accessed 29 October 2026.
  27. ↑ Stella and Alexander Margulies Charitable Trust, Accounts for the year ended 5 April 2015 Charity Commission accounts, archived by the UK Government Web Archive, charity number 220441, accessed 29 October 2026.
  28. ↑ Stella and Alexander Margulies Charitable Trust, Accounts for the year ended 5 April 2016 Charity Commission accounts, archived by the UK Government Web Archive, charity number 220441, accessed 29 October 2026.
  29. ↑ Stella and Alexander Margulies Charitable Trust, Accounts for the year ended 5 April 2017 Charity Commission accounts, archived by the UK Government Web Archive, charity number 220441, accessed 29 October 2026.
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 Federation of Jewish Relief Organisations, Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2018 Charity Commission accounts, archived by the UK Government Web Archive, charity number 250006, accessed 29 October 2026.
  31. ↑ The Rayne Trust, Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2019 Charity Commission accounts, archived by the UK Government Web Archive, charity number 207392, accessed 29 October 2026.
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 Jewish Child's Day, Report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024, filed with the Charity Commission (accounts and annual returns, charity number 1195764), accessed 29 October 2026.
  33. ↑ Shoresh Charitable Trust, Report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025, filed with the Charity Commission (accounts and annual returns, charity number 1069246), accessed 29 October 2026.
  34. ↑ The Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust, Report and financial statements for the year ended 5 April 2025, filed with the Charity Commission (accounts and annual returns, charity number 238043), accessed 29 October 2026.
  35. ↑ JCoSS, Home JCoSS website, archived by the Wayback Machine on 1 January 2026, accessed 29 October 2026.
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