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'''JFS''' (formerly known as the '''[[Jews' Free School]]'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jewishmuseum.org.uk/jb-Jews-Free-School-journal |title=Jews' Free School journal – The Jewish Museum |newspaper=Jewishmuseum.org |access-date= 16 December 2015}}</ref> and later '''[[Jewish Free School]]'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/6f123048-1217-49ad-bc5c-90ec82d54df7 |title=Jewish Free School, Camden Road, Camden LB |newspaper=Discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk |date=January 1973  |access-date= 16 December 2015}}</ref><ref name="h603">{{cite book | last1=Cherry | first1=B. | last2=Pevsner | first2=N. | title=London: North | publisher=Yale University Press | series=Pevsner: Buildings of England | year=2002 | isbn=978-0-300-09653-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rVHqBvtuLyMC&pg=PA358 | access-date=1 October 2024 | page=358}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last1=Buck | first1=N. | last2=Gordon | first2=I. | last3=Hall | first3=P. | last4=Harloe | first4=M. | last5=Kleinman | first5=M. | title=Working Capital: Life and Labour in Contemporary London | publisher=Taylor & Francis | year=2013 | isbn=978-1-136-47778-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1eTcAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA187 | access-date=1 October 2024 | page=187}}</ref>) is a Jewish mixed comprehensive school in Kenton, North London, England and was founded in 1732. Amongst its early supporters was the writer and philanthropist [[Charlotte Montefiore]] (1818–1854).<ref>Ref needed</ref> At one time it was the largest Jewish school in the world, with more than 4,000 pupils.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0VnB2Jq3fW4C&pg=PA714|title=International Handbook of Jewish Education|last1=Miller|first1=Helena|last2=Grant|first2=Lisa D.|last3=Pomson|first3=Alex|date=2011-04-02|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=9789400703544|language=en}}</ref>
 
'''JFS''' (formerly known as the '''[[Jews' Free School]]'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jewishmuseum.org.uk/jb-Jews-Free-School-journal |title=Jews' Free School journal – The Jewish Museum |newspaper=Jewishmuseum.org |access-date= 16 December 2015}}</ref> and later '''[[Jewish Free School]]'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/6f123048-1217-49ad-bc5c-90ec82d54df7 |title=Jewish Free School, Camden Road, Camden LB |newspaper=Discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk |date=January 1973  |access-date= 16 December 2015}}</ref><ref name="h603">{{cite book | last1=Cherry | first1=B. | last2=Pevsner | first2=N. | title=London: North | publisher=Yale University Press | series=Pevsner: Buildings of England | year=2002 | isbn=978-0-300-09653-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rVHqBvtuLyMC&pg=PA358 | access-date=1 October 2024 | page=358}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last1=Buck | first1=N. | last2=Gordon | first2=I. | last3=Hall | first3=P. | last4=Harloe | first4=M. | last5=Kleinman | first5=M. | title=Working Capital: Life and Labour in Contemporary London | publisher=Taylor & Francis | year=2013 | isbn=978-1-136-47778-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1eTcAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA187 | access-date=1 October 2024 | page=187}}</ref>) is a Jewish mixed comprehensive school in Kenton, North London, England and was founded in 1732. Amongst its early supporters was the writer and philanthropist [[Charlotte Montefiore]] (1818–1854).<ref>Ref needed</ref> At one time it was the largest Jewish school in the world, with more than 4,000 pupils.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0VnB2Jq3fW4C&pg=PA714|title=International Handbook of Jewish Education|last1=Miller|first1=Helena|last2=Grant|first2=Lisa D.|last3=Pomson|first3=Alex|date=2011-04-02|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=9789400703544|language=en}}</ref>
  

Revision as of 13:09, 6 November 2026

JFS Website homepage 13 November 2024.
JFS homepage, 7 October 2024.
JFS purpose-built Kenton campus (opened 2002), The Mall, Kenton, HA3 9TE: curved blue block and white classroom wings.[1]

JFS (formerly known as the Jews' Free School[2] and later Jewish Free School[3][4][5]) is a Jewish mixed comprehensive school in Kenton, North London, England and was founded in 1732. Amongst its early supporters was the writer and philanthropist Charlotte Montefiore (1818–1854).[6] At one time it was the largest Jewish school in the world, with more than 4,000 pupils.[7]

The school is run by the JFS Charitable Trust Limited (Company number 03942126)/JFS Development Charitable Trust (Charity number: 1114730).

Orientation to Zionism

Chaim Weizman, Israel Zangwill, Selig Brodetsky, Moses Angel. The four houses in JFS. From the JFS 'Welcome Booklet', March 2021.
'Students in Years 12 and 13 had the rare privilege of an audience with Aviv Kochavi, the former General Chief of Staff of the Israel Defence Forces in conversation with Dr. Gad Yishayahu, a visiting scholar at the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) at the University of Cambridge. As we find ourselves in a time of confused information and facts about the conflict in Israel, and the atrocities carried out by Hamas against Israelis, Aviv Kochavi explained how the IDF operates and makes decisions.' JFS website 9 November 2023.
'IDF Soldiers Say Thank You!' - JFS website 11 October 2023.
The Jewish Chronicle, 15 May 2015, p.20: pupils cite Yom Haatzmaut among reasons they love JFS.[8]

On 15 May 2015 a Jewish Chronicle comment piece described JFS pupils answering critical coverage with the Twitter hashtag #iloveJFSbecause; one cited activities that "really enrich school life throughout the year, such as with the mock election, Yom Haatzmaut and Purim."[8] JFS is a secondary school which names its houses after Chaim Weizmann, Israel Zangwill, Selig Brodetsky and Moses Angel. David Miller has described Weizmann, Zangwill and Brodetsky as "racist settler colonial ideologues".[9] The school says it is 'proud of its long standing and deep connections to the State of Israel. For over 40 years the school has offered a bespoke residential programme in Israel to provide an opportunity for students to immerse themselves in life in Israel, improve their Hebrew and enhance their knowledge of Jewish studies, culture and history beyond what is taught at school. ... The JFS programme [in Israel] promotes the values and ethos of JFS including the ideals of Zionist Modern Orthodoxy.'[10][11][12]

  • 'Students participating in Israel Club at school enjoyed a visit from speakers of Stand With Us. The session was focused on enabling students to distinguish differences between anti-Semitism and valid criticism of the state of Israel.'[13]
  • 'Our dynamic JiEP department delivered outstanding programmes in commemoration of Yom Hazikaron and in celebration of Yom Ha’atzmaut this week. One Year 8 student commenting on Yom Ha’atzmaut said, “The atmosphere, the food, the fun, blue and white, Israel, the socialising, it was like a big birthday party!” HAPPY 73rd BIRTHDAY ISRAEL and well done JiEP!'[14]
  • 'Last night we were honoured to host her Excellency Tzipi Hotovely, the Israeli Ambassador to London, to dedicate a special memorial garden at JFS for Dr Ami Shachori z’l who was the Israeli Agriculture Attaché in London from 1968-1972, assassinated whilst serving at the Embassy in London. His children, who are JFS Alumni, were present to cut the ribbon to the new garden... we were delighted to welcome the Sinai School Choir that sang Oseh Shalom and the Hatikvah.'[15]
  • 'Israel is at the heart of JFS. Students are encouraged to engage with Israel through visits in Year 9 ... our active Israel Club and the celebration of all Israeli festivals. We are proud that many students go on to complete a year of further study, volunteering and social action in Israel before commencing university... A range of high profile speakers also visit the Israel Society to keep students informed of current developments and points of interest... JFS has a long and proud tradition of association with the State of Israel. Since its earliest days in Camden Town, this has included offering students the opportunity to spend time in Israel on an organised programme. Currently JFS offers two schemes: Lev, a three month Israel programme for Year 9 students, based at Alexander Muss High School in Israel, and ATOI, the two week ‘A Taste of Israel’ programme.'[16]
  • 'This week our Head Boy and Head Girl team hosted the Senior Prefect teams from Immanuel College, JCOSS and Yavneh College for an Israel themed inter-school event. They discussed the various student-led initiatives taking place at each school, as well as Yom Hazikaron, Yom Ha’Atzmaut and October 7th; lighting candles and telling stories in remembrance. They then created hostage badges to be distributed to students in each school. This was a meaningful opportunity for the schools to reflect the unity within our community. A huge thank you to GIFT, for making these activities possible.'[17]
AJEX Parade 2022, JFS participants.
StandWithUs UK "Israel Advocacy" session for Key Stage 3 classes at JFS "about the current war in Israel", 1 February 2024.[18]
  • The school has been involved with the UJIA programme of Israel education:
Our grants to Jewish schools also ensured over 5,000 Jewish pupils engaged with outstanding Israel learning and events at JFS, JCOSS and Yavneh College in London, and The King David High School in Manchester. Participants heard from outstanding speakers, commemorated Yom Hazikaron and Yom Ha’atzmaut in meaningful ceremonies, and took part in various fun and educational Israel-themed activities throughout the year.[19]

Israel residential Scheme

The school has been running Israel residential trips to pupils for nearly 50 years. The information about the programme of events here is sourced from the 2020 briefing posted on the school website.[20] In 2020 the trip lasted three months from 5 January to 30 March. The programme was arranged in partnership with Alexander Muss High School in Israel (AMHSI) and 'promotes the values and ethos of JFS including the ideals of Zionist Modern Orthodoxy.'[20] The brochure claims: 'Students develop a deeper sense of pride and attachment to their Yidishkite and connection to Israel. Students also gain skills to become more mature, worldly, independent and self-aware. They also gain Israel literacy, invaluable knowledge about Israel. Many alumni refer to our programme as the single greatest experience of their life.'[20]

All pages featuring "IDF" on the JFS website.
Page not found on the JFS website. All pages with the term 'IDF' on them were deleted from the JFS website.

Wiping Zionist content from the website

Between the 7 October 2024[21] and the 13 November 2024,[22] JFS deleted its website and uploaded an entirely new site. One effect of this was that the following terms were eliminated: 'IDF', 'Zionist' and 'Zionism'.


Soldiers, memorials and advocacy (2019–2025)

On 6 November 2023 the school reported that Sixth Formers had set up a stall titled "Mitzvot In the Merit of Our Soldiers and Captives", "where students could make brachot over biscuits, put on tefilin, take candles for Shabbat and send notes to soldiers in Israel. We pray that in the merit of these mitzvot our soldiers will be safe and our captives will be returned soon."[23] On 13 October 2023 it reported that the Year 11 football team "held a 1-minute silence prior to kick off to show their respects to all those that have passed away in Israel."[24]

For Yom Hazikaron in May 2022 the school wrote that "every student in school had a Tekes" and that "200 students participated in a run in collaboration with WZO where each student ran in the memory of a fallen soldier", thanking UJIA, JNF, Mizrachi UK and WZO for their partnership.[25]

On 1 February 2019 Colonel Richard Kemp CBE, described by the school as "A popular and regular visitor to JFS", addressed Year 13 students "about the relationship between Britain and Israel".[26] In January 2018 the Israeli NGO My Truth founder Emanuel Miller, a British-born IDF veteran, "addressed 300 pupils at Jewish secondary schools", including a Year 13 group at JFS.[27] On 2 February 2023 Jewish News reported that Royal Marine and Beit Halochem UK ambassador Chris Hayes spoke to 525 Year 10 and Year 12 pupils at JFS (a previous visit had been in 2022).[28]

On 28 November 2023 the school said it had welcomed back Charlotte Korchak, a StandWithUs educator, "to speak to our Year 10 cohort ... to try to understand the current situation."[29] On 27 December 2022 it reported that Israeli ambassador Tzipi Hotovely "spent time chatting to our students" at a Chanukah event on the return of Year 9 LEV programme students from Alexander Muss High School.[30]

A February 2020 Pikuach inspection reported that the sixth-form JLIFE track "includes the ABCs of Israel advocacy" and that a JFS charity campaign supported a "JNF Youth Centre Project".[31] A 2 April 2025 Pikuach report quoted a student who said the school had helped pupils after 7 October 2023 "by means of an assembly, where families of those whose lives were impacted by October 7th were invited to talk to the students".[32]

JFS on X, 5 June 2020: "AMBASSADOR FINAL 2011", from "the JFS Israel advocacy programme".[33]
JFS on X, 3 June 2020: "Alumni Spotlight" on Aaron Wunsh, who "volunteered for the Israeli Army".[34]
JFS on X, 22 May 2020: "Happy Yom Yerushalayim from JFS!"[35]
  • On 5 June 2020 @JFSSchool posted an archive item on “The Ambassador,” described as the school’s “Israel advocacy programme” in which students “learnt how to engage with anti-Israel rhetoric” and practised public speaking.[33]
  • On 3 June 2020 the account ran an "Alumni Spotlight" on Aaron Wunsh, who it said "graduated from JFS in 2010, spent 2 years studying in the Old City then volunteered for the Israeli Army" (the Israel Defense Forces), before studying at King's College and working at KPMG. The Old City of Jerusalem is in occupied East Jerusalem, beyond the Green Line.[34]
  • On 22 May 2020 it posted "Happy Yom Yerushalayim from JFS!" with a YouTube video and the hashtag #yomyerushalayim.[35]
  • In March 2024 The Jewish Chronicle reported that JFS, which “normally oversee[s] a three-week Israel programme for Year 9 students,” would not run the trip that year; Abi Keene, director of Jewish Life, said the school was “exploring trips to Europe” instead.[36]
  • In December 2018 the same paper reported JFS among schools selected for JNF UK’s £1.2 million Israel-studies programme, with secondary grants of up to £50,000 a year; JFS was named among schools that would take students to Israel to volunteer on JNF UK projects.[37]
JFS Year 7 team that won Beat the Clock; JNF UK supported the event, July 2019.[38]
  • On 26 July 2019 The Jewish Chronicle reported that a JFS team won Beat the Clock, "the annual contest run by King David High School in Manchester"; more than 200 year-seven students took part. Ruth Wilkinson, SmartGiving grants co-ordinator of JNF UK, which supported the event, said: "To see our partner secondary schools joining together in such a vibrant learning environment was an absolute pleasure."[38]
JNF Festival of Jewish School Choirs naming JFS Comprehensive among participants, July 1977.[39]
  • On 1 July 1977 the paper reported the annual JNF Festival of Jewish School Choirs at Wembley Conference Centre; participants included "JFS Comprehensive School" among nine named schools. Massed choirs of some 400 children sang "Od Yishama", conducted by Rev Reuben Turner, director of the JNF youth and education department.[39]
  • On 20 May 1983 it reported the JNF schools quiz on Israel and Judaism: JFS from Camden (Daniel Jacobs and Sharon Fluss, 65 points) reached the final, and JFS also fielded a second first-year team.[40]
JFS Yom Ha'atzmaut flags and Israeli-style lunch, April 2002.[41]
  • On 26 April 2002 The Jewish Chronicle reported that for Independence Day events JFS "was covered in blue-and-white flags for the day" and "The lunch menu was changed to included Israeli-style food"; earlier that week, year-10 Jewish-studies classes "met children of the same age who had come from Israel."[41]
JFS among schools showing When the Smoke Clears for Yom Hazikaron, 2018.[42]
Former JFS pupil Knopf and IDF Garin Tzabar.[43]
  • On 19 May 2023 The Jewish Chronicle reported that Knopf, a former JFS pupil (primary at Moriah Jewish Day School, Pinner), made aliyah at 18 and enlisted into a combat role via the IDF's Garin Tzabar programme.[43]
Katie Grant and Richard Percival on former JFS pupils Nathanel Young and Jake Marlowe, 13 October 2023.[44]
  • On 13 October 2023 Katie Grant and Richard Percival reported that at least 17 British nationals were dead or missing after Hamas's attack on Israel, "including two former JFS pupils": Nathanel Young, 20, "who was serving in the IDF, was killed fighting terrorists on the Gaza border" and had been living at Bayit Shel Benji in Raanana; Jake Marlowe, 26, who attended the same school, had been on a security team at the Nova music festival near Kibbutz Re'im and was confirmed dead.[44]

Beit Halochem UK

Beit Halochem UK is a British charity that raises money for the Beit Halochem rehabilitation centres for disabled Israeli soldiers and victims of attacks in Israel.[45] In February 2018 The Jewish Chronicle reported that "Beit Halochem UK has brought over wounded veterans to speak to Immanuel College, JFS and Yavneh College".[46]

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,[45] lists JFS 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".[47] 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.[48] In November 2026 the school's logo was among those displayed on the charity's schools page.[48] The charity's "For Schools" page named JFS among the schools it had "worked with" in the past, in a passage inviting schools to run fundraising events or to choose Beit Halochem as their "charity partner". The list appears in archived copies from January 2022[49] and February 2025,[47] but the passage was removed when the charity redesigned its website.[48]

JFS hosts the charity's annual "It's a Knockout" event. The charity reported that in June 2025 "More than 850 young people and their families came together at JFS in Kenton" and raised £38,000 "for the 65,000 disabled veterans and victims of terror cared for at the charity's four rehabilitation centres in Israel"; its post was headed "Hundreds of young people help raise £38k for IDF veteran charity".[50] On 7 June 2026 "More than 1,150 children and 700 adults" attended the event "at JFS School in Harrow", which raised £46,000 for "construction of specialised PTSD clinics in Israel".[51]

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.[52]

Israel on the school website (2026)

The school's home page lists "Ahavat Yisrael" among its values: "A confident, nuanced connection to Israel and the global Jewish people".[53] Its vision includes "a love of the State of Israel and learning Hebrew as part of Jewish Heritage", and the school prayer asks that pupils be "Strong in their attachment to Judaism, the Jewish people and to Israel".[54] Its residential trips include a "Year 9 ATOI (A Taste of Israel) Trip",[55] and its parental contributions page says donations fund "the essential identity-building trips to Israel and Poland".[56] The informal education programme (JiEP) lists an Israel Club and shinshinim among its activities.[57] The four houses are named after Moses Angel, Selig Brodetsky ("Mathematician & Zionist Leader"), Israel Zangwill and Chaim Weizmann ("First President of Israel").[58]

Inspections

The Department for Education records JFS (URN 133724) as a voluntary aided secondary school for pupils aged 11 to 18 with a Jewish religious character, opened on 1 September 2002, with a capacity of 2,165 and 2,091 pupils on roll; its headteacher is Dr David Moody.[59]

Date of inspection Type Outcome
28 April 2026 Report card inspection Achievement, curriculum and teaching, personal development and wellbeing, leadership and governance, and post-16 provision: exceptional. Attendance and behaviour, and inclusion: strong standard. Safeguarding standards met[60]
4 and 28 April 2022 Full inspection Good (previous grade Inadequate)[61]
30 April–5 May 2021 Full inspection Inadequate[62]
8–9 November 2016 Full inspection Good[63]

The 2026 report names Mark Hurst as chair of governors and says the school's last section 48 inspection, of its religious education, was in March 2025.[60]

Charities

The JFS Charitable Trust Limited (charity number 1114730, company number 03942126) had income of £1,807,159 and spending of £1,869,274 in the year to 31 March 2025.[64] Companies House lists its directors as Noam Attar and Isaac Benjamin Haim Cooper (both from 22 July 2025), Michael Jeffrey Dunitz (4 January 2025), Robert Bradley Gershon (31 March 2023), Mark Michael Hurst (1 September 2024), Ishai Eliezer Novick (6 July 2011) and Anthony Wagerman (1 September 2025), with Manpreet Kaur Bal as secretary.[65] Companies House lists Ishai Eliezer Novick as a person with significant control.[66] The JFS Parents Association (charity number 294872) had income of £34,382 in the year to 31 July 2025; its trustees are Shiri Kraus (chair), Deborah Moss and Elizabeth Segal.[67]

Funding

People

Directors

Name Correspondence address Role Position Date of birth Appointed on Resigned on Nationality Country of residence Occupation
Manpreet Kaur Bal Jfs School, The Mall, Kenton, Harrow, HA3 9TE Role Active Secretary 5 July 2021
Robert Bradley Gershon Jfs School, The Mall, Kenton, Harrow, HA3 9TE Role Active Director July 1975 31 March 2023 British United Kingdom Chartered Accountant
Mark Michael Hurst Jfs School, The Mall, Kenton, Harrow, HA3 9TE Role Active Director January 1971 1 September 2024 British England Solicitor
Richard Ian Kafton Jfs School, The Mall, Kenton, Harrow, England, HA3 9TE Role Active Director October 1956 13 December 2005 British England Ifa
Dr David Moody Jfs School, The Mall, Kenton, Harrow, HA3 9TE Role Active Director June 1979 26 January 2022 British United Kingdom Headteacher
Ishai Eliezer Novick Jfs School, The Mall, Kenton, Harrow, England, HA3 9TE Role Active Director May 1971 6 July 2011 British England Company Director
Stephen Howard John Pack Jfs School, The Mall, Kenton, Harrow, HA3 9TE Role Active Director April 1950 22 April 2021 British England Chartered Accountant
Philip Bunt Jfs School, The Mall, Kenton, Harrow, HA3 9TE Role Resigned Secretary 22 July 2014 30 November 2020
Richard Anthony Gold 39 Oakleigh Avenue, London, N20 9JE Role Resigned Secretary 2 March 2000 13 December 2005 British Solicitor
David Russel Lerner Jfs School, The Mall, Kenton, Harrow, England, HA3 9TE Role Resigned Secretary 13 December 2005 22 July 2014 British School Administrator
Simon Appleman Jfs School, The Mall, Kenton, Harrow, HA3 9TE Role Resigned Director August 1974 1 September 2016 4 June 2018 British England Headteacher
Julian David Bloom Jfs School, The Mall, Kenton, Harrow, England, HA3 9TE Role Resigned Director October 1948 13 December 2005 31 December 2014 British England Solicitor
Julian David Bloom 70 St Albans Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD1 3RP Role Resigned Director October 1948 16 April 2000 19 March 2002 British Solicitor
Philip Alan Bunt 176 Whitchurch Lane, Edgware, HA8 6QJ Role Resigned Director January 1958 13 December 2005 31 August 2011 British United Kingdom Chartered Accountant
John Anthony Cooper Jfs School, The Mall, Kenton, Harrow, HA3 9TE Role Resigned Director February 1946 11 September 2017 30 March 2023 British England Chartered Accountant
Geraldine Fainer Jfs School, The Mall, Kenton, Harrow, HA3 9TE Role Resigned Director July 1963 1 September 2017 31 July 2019 British England Lawyer
Rachel Harriet Fink Jfs School, The Mall, Kenton, Harrow, HA3 9TE Role Resigned Director July 1969 4 June 2018 31 May 2021 British England Headteacher
Sidney Frosh 50 Lodge Close, Canons Drive, Edgware, Middlesex, HA8 7RL Role Resigned Director August 1923 22 March 2006 5 July 2011 British None
Michael Stuart Glass Jfs School, The Mall, Kenton, Harrow, England, HA3 9TE Role Resigned Director May 1962 11 January 2010 23 March 2015 British England Chartered Accountant
Richard Anthony Gold 39 Oakleigh Avenue, London, N20 9JE Role Resigned Director October 1941 2 March 2000 13 December 2005 British United Kingdom Solicitor
Neil Barry Harris Jfs School, The Mall, Kenton, Harrow, England, HA3 9TE Role Resigned Director July 1966 1 September 2011 27 June 2016 British England Chartered Accountant
Rachel Harrison 124 Hampden Road, London, N8 0HS Role Resigned Director July 1946 3 September 2001 13 December 2005 British Student
Russell Ivor Kett 62 Wychwood Avenue, Edgware, Middlesex, HA8 6TH Role Resigned Director May 1953 3 September 2001 11 January 2010 British United Kingdom Company Director
Jonathan Moss Miller Jfs School, The Mall, Kenton, Harrow, England, HA3 9TE Role Resigned Director January 1962 1 January 2008 31 August 2016 British United Kingdom Headteacher
Graham Bennett Morrison-Wood Jfs School, The Mall, Kenton, Harrow, England, HA3 9TE Role Resigned Director May 1951 13 December 2005 15 January 2020 British United Kingdom Solicitor
Andrew Moss Jfs School, The Mall, Harrow, England, HA3 9TE Role Resigned Director December 1972 1 September 2019 1 September 2024 British England Consultant
Ruth Renton Jfs School, The Mall, Kenton, Harrow, HA3 9TE Role Resigned Director September 1970 8 December 2016 3 April 2017 British England Solicitor
Dame Ruth Laura Robins 31 Regents Park Road, London, NW1 7TL Role Resigned Director October 1946 3 September 2001 31 December 2007 British England Headteacher
Dr Lorraine Sherr The Retreat, Tenterden Grove, London, NW4 1TH Role Resigned Director November 1952 3 September 2001 13 December 2005 British United Kingdom Prof Psychology
Arnold Wagner 91 Woodcock Hill, Kenton, Harrow, Middlesex, HA3 0JJ Role Resigned Director September 1949 2 March 2000 13 December 2005 British Uk Personnel Director
Stuart Alexander Waldman Jfs School, The Mall, Kenton, Harrow, HA3 9TE Role Resigned Director August 1968 26 July 2016 29 March 2021 British United Kingdom Accountant
Steven Woolf Jfs School, The Mall, Kenton, Harrow, HA3 9TE Role Resigned Director January 1967 24 March 2015 30 June 2016 British England Barrister

Trustees

Staff

Headteachers

2021– Dr David Moody[68]
2021 Paul Ramsay (Acting Joint Headteacher)

Anna Joseph (Acting Joint Headteacher)[69]

2021 Martin Tissot (Interim Headteacher)[70]
2021 Sir Michael Wilshaw (Executive Headteacher)[71]
2018–2021 Rachel Fink
2018 Simon Appleman (Acting Headteacher)
2016–2017 Debby Lipkin (Executive Headteacher)

Simon Appleman (Acting Headteacher)

2008–2016 Jonathan Miller
1993–2007 Dame Ruth Robins[72]
1985–1993 Josephine Wagerman, OBE[73]
1973–1984 Leslie Gatoff[74]
1958–1972 Dr. Edward S Conway[75]
1897–1907 Louis Barnett Abrahams[76]
1842–1897 Moses Angel
1732–1757 Samuel Grant

Former pupils

A-C

D-F

G-J

K-N

O-R

S-V

Resources

Deleted pages on JFS website

Contact

Images

  • JFS students celebrating Yom Ha'atzmaut outdoors (pupils' faces blurred; from the school website, accessed 5 November 2026)

  • JFS students dancing with Israeli flags (pupils' faces blurred; flags left sharp; school website, accessed 5 November 2026)

  • JFS Yom HaZikaron assembly (pupils' faces blurred; school website, accessed 5 November 2026)

  • JFS website image labelled Ahavat Yisrael (pupils' faces blurred; accessed 5 November 2026)

External links

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ JFS, About, jfs.brent.sch.uk, image https://assets.jfsschool.uk/media/JFS-281.jpg, accessed 6 November 2026.
  2. ↑ Jews' Free School journal – The Jewish Museum.
  3. ↑ Jewish Free School, Camden Road, Camden LB.
  4. ↑ London: North.  Yale University Press . ISBN 978-0-300-09653-8.
  5. ↑ Working Capital: Life and Labour in Contemporary London.  Taylor & Francis . ISBN 978-1-136-47778-2.
  6. ↑ Ref needed
  7. ↑ International Handbook of Jewish Education. 2011-04-02.  Springer Science & Business Media . ISBN 9789400703544.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 The Jewish Chronicle, 15 May 2015, p.20, archive, accessed 6 November 2026.
  9. ↑ David Miller, How do we De-Zionise British schools?, Islamic Human Rights Commission, 3 December 2024, accessed 1 November 2026.
  10. ↑ https://x.com/Tracking_Power/status/1772887855427207314
  11. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20211114135049/https://jfs.brent.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/LEV-JFS-2020-Brochure.pdf
  12. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20241007173149/https://jfs.brent.sch.uk/lev-2/
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  70. ↑ Catholic schools chief made JFS interim head.
  71. ↑ Former Ofsted chief to become new JFS headteacher.
  72. ↑ Dame Ruth Steps Down As JFS Head.
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  74. ↑ I, Jonathan Goldsmith, left in 1975 and Gatoff had been there 2 years by then
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  81. ↑ From the archive: The Drapers Interview with River Island founder Bernard Lewis.
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