Sacks Morasha Jewish Primary School

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Jewish state primary school in Finchley, north London, part of the Jewish Community Academy Trust

Sacks Morasha Jewish Primary School

Type Academy (converter), primary, Jewish religious character
Founded 1 October 2008 (as Morasha Jewish Primary School); academy from 1 March 2019
Registration ID URN 146662 (earlier URNs 139727 and 135726); academy trust: Jewish Community Academy Trust; foundation: Finchley Jewish Primary School Trust, charity number 1121959, company number 06319377
Headquarters 31 Stanhope Road, Finchley, London N12 9DX
Key people Dena Shmuel (headteacher)
Website https://sacksmorasha.org.uk/

Sacks Morasha Jewish Primary School is a mixed Jewish primary school for pupils aged 4 to 11 in Finchley, in the London Borough of Barnet. Since 1 March 2019 it has been an academy in the Jewish Community Academy Trust (JCAT). The Department for Education records a Jewish religious character, a capacity of 210 and 192 pupils on roll. Its headteacher is Dena Shmuel.[1]

History

The Department for Education lists two predecessors:

  • Morasha Jewish Primary School (URN 135726), an independent school for ages 4 to 9 at 37 Moss Hall Grove, Finchley. It was open from 1 October 2008 to 31 March 2013 and closed on a "change in status".[2]
  • Sacks Morasha Jewish Primary School (URN 139727), a voluntary aided school from 1 April 2013 to 28 February 2019, which closed on conversion to an academy.[3]

Governance

The Jewish Community Academy Trust (JCAT; company number 07643890) runs Hertsmere Jewish Primary School, Rimon Jewish Primary School, Sacks Morasha Jewish Primary School and Wolfson Hillel Primary School. Rimon's website says JCAT is "modern and centrist Orthodox in outlook, under the religious authority of the Chief Rabbi".[4] JCAT's directors as of November 2026:[5]

Name Appointed
Rosemary Elise Barlow 25 June 2025
Michelle Bauernfreund 1 September 2024
Jennifer Leona Brodkin 29 March 2023
Michael Simon Bronstein 2 February 2022
Michael Howard Goldstein 1 January 2021
Claudia Joanne Kitsberg 10 June 2024
Claire Lemer (registered as "Claire Lemur") 1 March 2019
Alice Martineau 1 September 2024
Dan Mindel 10 June 2024
Maurice Moses 14 July 2021
Russell Paul Tenzer 5 January 2021

Finchley Jewish Primary School Trust

The Finchley Jewish Primary School Trust (charity number 1121959; company number 06319377) is registered at the school. Its objects include advancing education "by establishing a school under the religious direction of the Chief Rabbi". In the year to 31 August 2025 it had income of £556,849 and spending of £519,199.[6][7] Directors:[8]

Name Appointed
Adam Joseph Phillips (chair) 20 July 2007
Gillian Elaine Marks 17 January 2012
Michael Levi Weinstein 25 March 2012
Nicholas Richard Swerner 25 March 2024
Natalie Joseph 9 April 2025

The Sacks Morasha Jewish Primary School PTA (charity number 1137585) reported income of £39,003 in 2024–25.[9]

Israel

  • A "Happy birthday Israel! Yom Ha'atzmaut special" page in The Jewish Chronicle of 13 May 2022 included photographs of pupils "Celebrating at Sacks Morasha Primary in Finchley".[10]
  • The Jewish Chronicle of 25 April 2025 carried a notice for a KKL Yom Ha'atzmaut brunch featuring the Sacks Morasha School Choir.[11]
  • In May 2022 a choir of pupils from Sacks Morasha, Etz Chaim, Clore Tikva and Wohl Ilford primary schools sang at a Yom HaShoah ceremony.[12]

Beit Halochem UK

Beit Halochem UK, a British charity that raises money for the Beit Halochem rehabilitation centres for disabled Israeli soldiers and victims of attacks in Israel,[13] lists Sacks Morasha Jewish Primary School among the schools that took part in a non-uniform day in its aid. The charity's "For Schools" page, as archived in February 2025, thanked the schools listed "for showing solidarity with our soldiers".[14] The page also invites schools to host a veteran who will speak to pupils about "courage and resilience" and "the sacrifices made by our soldiers". By November 2026 the wording had become "our veterans", and the page said such visits had been "particularly meaningful" around Yom Ha'atzmaut and Yom Hazikaron.[15] In November 2026 the school's logo was among those displayed on the charity's schools page.[15]

The chair of Beit Halochem UK is Andrew Wolfson, who according to the charity has been a trustee since April 2016 and chairman since May 2018. The same page says he is also a trustee of The Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust.[16]

Ofsted inspections

Date of inspection Type Outcome
12 July 2023 Full inspection Good; personal development Outstanding[17]
30 January 2018 Short inspection (URN 139727) Continues to be good[18]
24 June 2014 Full inspection (URN 139727) Good[19]

The reports are published by Ofsted.[20][21] In 2018 Ofsted wrote that "When the school was established, its aim was to prepare pupils for life in the modern world, including teaching pupils about British values".[18]

See also

External links

Notes

  1. ↑ Department for Education, Sacks Morasha Jewish Primary School (URN 146662), Get Information about Schools, accessed 1 November 2026.
  2. ↑ Department for Education, Morasha Jewish Primary School (URN 135726), Get Information about Schools, accessed 1 November 2026.
  3. ↑ Department for Education, Sacks Morasha Jewish Primary School (URN 139727), Get Information about Schools, accessed 1 November 2026.
  4. ↑ Our School, rimonschool.org.uk, accessed 1 November 2026.
  5. ↑ Companies House, JEWISH COMMUNITY ACADEMY TRUST (07643890): People, accessed 1 November 2026.
  6. ↑ Charity Commission, FINCHLEY JEWISH PRIMARY SCHOOL TRUST - 1121959, Register of Charities, register data extract of 13 October 2026, accessed 1 November 2026.
  7. ↑ Charity Commission, FINCHLEY JEWISH PRIMARY SCHOOL TRUST - 1121959: Trustees, Register of Charities, register data extract of 13 October 2026, accessed 1 November 2026.
  8. ↑ Companies House, FINCHLEY JEWISH PRIMARY SCHOOL TRUST (06319377): People, accessed 1 November 2026.
  9. ↑ Charity Commission, SACKS MORASHA JEWISH PRIMARY SCHOOL PTA - 1137585, Register of Charities, register data extract of 13 October 2026, accessed 1 November 2026.
  10. ↑ The Jewish Chronicle, 13 May 2022, p. 29, Happy birthday Israel! Yom Ha'atzmaut special, JC Archive (subscription), accessed 1 November 2026.
  11. ↑ The Jewish Chronicle, 25 April 2025, p. 5, KKL Yom Ha'atzmaut Brunch, JC Archive (subscription), accessed 1 November 2026.
  12. ↑ The Jewish Chronicle, 6 May 2022, p. 30, Yom Hashoah ceremony, JC Archive (subscription), accessed 1 November 2026.
  13. ↑ Charity Commission, BEIT HALOCHEM UK - 1146950, Register of Charities, register data extract of 13 October 2026, accessed 1 November 2026.
  14. ↑ Beit Halochem UK, For Schools, bhuk.org, archived by the Wayback Machine on 12 February 2025, accessed 1 November 2026.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Beit Halochem UK, For schools, bhuk.org (page text and school logos), accessed 1 November 2026.
  16. ↑ Beit Halochem UK, Trustees, bhuk.org, accessed 1 November 2026.
  17. ↑ Ofsted, Sacks Morasha Jewish Primary School: inspection report, inspection of 12 July 2023, accessed 1 November 2026.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Ofsted, Sacks Morasha Jewish Primary School: short inspection, inspection of 30 January 2018, accessed 1 November 2026.
  19. ↑ Ofsted, Sacks Morasha Jewish Primary School: inspection report, inspection of 24–25 June 2014, accessed 1 November 2026.
  20. ↑ Ofsted, Sacks Morasha Jewish Primary School (URN 146662), Ofsted reports, accessed 1 November 2026.
  21. ↑ Ofsted, Sacks Morasha Jewish Primary School (closed) (URN 139727), Ofsted reports, accessed 1 November 2026.
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