Beis Yaakov High School

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Beis Yaakov High School is an Orthodox Jewish state-funded secondary school for girls aged 11 to 16 at 69 Broom Lane, Bury New Road, Salford. It became an academy on 1 September 2012. The Department for Education records a Jewish religious character, 283 pupils on roll against a capacity of 275, and Benjamin Myers as headteacher.[1] The academy trust is Beis Yaakov Jewish High School Academy, a single academy trust; Ofsted named its chair in 2024 as Avrom Topperman.[2]

History

The Department for Education lists the voluntary aided Beis Yaakov High School (URN 134196) as the academy's predecessor. That school opened on 1 January 2005 as a former independent school and closed on 31 August 2012 when it converted. Its own predecessor on the register is the Hubert Jewish High School for Girls (URN 105994).[3]

In 2009 Pikuach described the school as serving "the North West Orthodox Jewish Community in Salford, Bury and Manchester", with girls also travelling from Leeds and Liverpool. It said the school had moved to a new site and purpose-built buildings in September 2006, and that the school day finished at 4.50 pm "to give time for the Limmudei Kodesh curriculum". It judged the Limmudei Kodesh department "good overall", as it had in 2006. The 2009 report recorded 212 pupils, Rabbi Yochanan Goldblatt as headteacher and David Ziskind as chair of governors.[4] In 2006 Pikuach reported that the Kodesh curriculum was supplemented by GCSEs in Jewish Studies and Biblical Hebrew, and named A. M. Brandeis as chair of governors.[5]

Inspections

Ofsted judged the academy inadequate in September 2014, saying that "safeguarding is inadequate" and that it "requires special measures".[6] It was judged good in December 2015 and to require improvement in September 2019.[7][8]

In September 2022 Ofsted judged the school inadequate in every area and placed it in special measures. Inspectors wrote that "over time, leaders have prioritised the needs of staff to the detriment of pupils' education" and that "leaders, and staff, have failed pupils". They said the school had not followed the statutory guidance on relationships and sex education. They also said leaders had "more recently" begun to accept "the endemic weaknesses in the school's safeguarding procedures" and were engaging external agencies to carry out a review.[9] The Manchester Evening News reported the findings in November 2022, quoting the report's conclusion that governors had "failed in their statutory duties to safeguard pupils".[10]

Monitoring inspections in July 2023 and March 2024 found that leaders were making progress.[11][12] In October 2024 Ofsted judged the school to require improvement in all four areas, and it no longer required special measures. The report said a new headteacher had been appointed in February 2024, along with a large number of new staff.[2]

Inspection history

Date Inspectorate and type Outcome
8 and 9 October 2024 Ofsted, standard inspection Requires improvement in all four areas; no longer requires special measures[2]
27 March 2024 Ofsted, special measures monitoring inspection Remains in special measures; progress made[12]
27 July 2023 Ofsted, special measures monitoring inspection Remains in special measures; progress made[11]
13 and 14 September 2022 Ofsted, standard inspection Inadequate[9]
17–18 September 2019 Ofsted, standard inspection Requires improvement[8]
15–16 December 2015 Ofsted, standard inspection Good[7]
22 July 2015 Ofsted, special measures monitoring inspection Special measures monitoring[13]
26 March 2015 Ofsted, special measures monitoring inspection Special measures monitoring[14]
16–17 September 2014 Ofsted, standard inspection Inadequate[6]
6 November 2012 Ofsted, academy conversion letter Predecessor school's most recent judgement noted[15]
20 March 2012 Ofsted, interim assessment (URN 134196) Interim assessment[16]
5–6 May 2009 Ofsted, full inspection (URN 134196) Good[17]
20–21 May 2009 Pikuach, section 48 inspection Limmudei Kodesh good overall[4]
October 2007 Ofsted, monitoring visit (URN 134196) Monitoring visit[18]
March 2006 Ofsted, full inspection (URN 134196) Satisfactory[19]
22–23 March 2006 Pikuach, section 48 inspection Limmudei Kodesh good overall[5]

The full lists of reports are published by Ofsted.[20][21]

Trust, company and charities

Beis Yaakov Jewish High School Academy (company number 08140850) was incorporated on 12 July 2012.[22] Its current directors are Anthony Michael Brandeis (appointed 12 August 2012), Eliahoe Nethanel Daniel (appointed 3 January 2023), Alexander Dansky (appointed 20 May 2022), Avigdor Friedlander (appointed 1 September 2012), Terence Gehler (appointed 1 September 2024), Isaac Ginsbury (appointed 1 September 2024), Daniel Nissen (appointed 2 November 2022), Elijah Roitenbarg (appointed 24 March 2022), Elliot Hyman Taylor (appointed 1 September 2012) and Avrom Samuel Topperman (appointed 5 July 2021).[23]

Jewish High School for Girls (charity number 526063) was registered with the Charity Commission on 27 May 1963. It describes its activities as: "Providing support for education, particularly the support of Jewish religious education, mostly for children/youth from Greater Manchester and for the Beis Yaakov High School for Girls, Salford." In the financial year to 31 August 2025 it reported income of £879,154 and spending of £707,819, compared with £820,646 in the year to 31 August 2021. It reported 39 employees. It made grants to institutions of £170,000. The trustees listed on the register are Avigdor Friedlander, David Ziskind and Michael Brandeis.[24][25]

One of the academy's directors, Elliot Hyman Taylor, is also a trustee of The Radford Educational Trust (charity number 1092850).[23][26]

See also

External links

Notes

  1. ↑ Department for Education, Beis Yaakov High School (URN 138698), Get Information about Schools, accessed 1 November 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Ofsted, Beis Yaakov High School: inspection report, inspection of 8 and 9 October 2024, accessed 1 November 2026.
  3. ↑ Department for Education, Beis Yaakov High School (URN 134196), Get Information about Schools, accessed 1 November 2026.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Pikuach, Beis Yaakov High School: inspection report, inspection of 20–21 May 2009, pikuach.org.uk, accessed 1 November 2026.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Pikuach, Beis Yaakov High School: inspection report, inspection of 22–23 March 2006, pikuach.org.uk, accessed 1 November 2026.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Ofsted, Beis Yaakov High School: inspection report, inspection of 16–17 September 2014, accessed 1 November 2026.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Ofsted, Beis Yaakov High School: inspection report, inspection of 15–16 December 2015, accessed 1 November 2026.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Ofsted, Beis Yaakov High School: inspection report, inspection of 17–18 September 2019, accessed 1 November 2026.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Ofsted, Beis Yaakov High School: inspection report, inspection of 13 and 14 September 2022, accessed 1 November 2026.
  10. ↑ Inspectors slam all-girls' school where 'pupils frequently left to their own devices', Manchester Evening News, Nick Jackson, 28 November 2022, accessed 1 November 2026.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Ofsted, Beis Yaakov High School: inspection report, inspection of 27 July 2023, accessed 1 November 2026.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Ofsted, Beis Yaakov High School: inspection report, inspection of 27 March 2024, accessed 1 November 2026.
  13. ↑ Ofsted, Beis Yaakov High School: inspection report, inspection of 22 July 2015, accessed 1 November 2026.
  14. ↑ Ofsted, Beis Yaakov High School: inspection report, inspection of 26 March 2015, accessed 1 November 2026.
  15. ↑ Ofsted, Beis Yaakov High School: inspection report, inspection of 6 November 2012, accessed 1 November 2026.
  16. ↑ Ofsted, Beis Yaakov High School: inspection report, inspection of 20 March 2012, accessed 1 November 2026.
  17. ↑ Ofsted, Beis Yaakov High School: inspection report, inspection of 5–6 May 2009, accessed 1 November 2026.
  18. ↑ Ofsted, Beis Yaakov High School: inspection report, inspection of October 2007, accessed 1 November 2026.
  19. ↑ Ofsted, Beis Yaakov High School: inspection report, inspection of March 2006, accessed 1 November 2026.
  20. ↑ Ofsted, Beis Yaakov High School (URN 138698), Ofsted reports, accessed 1 November 2026.
  21. ↑ Ofsted, Beis Yaakov High School (closed) (URN 134196), Ofsted reports, accessed 1 November 2026.
  22. ↑ Companies House, BEIS YAAKOV JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMY (08140850): Company overview, accessed 1 November 2026.
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 Companies House, BEIS YAAKOV JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMY (08140850): People, accessed 1 November 2026.
  24. ↑ Charity Commission, JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS - 526063, Register of Charities, register data extract of 13 October 2026, accessed 1 November 2026.
  25. ↑ Charity Commission, JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS - 526063: Trustees, Register of Charities, register data extract of 13 October 2026, accessed 1 November 2026.
  26. ↑ Charity Commission, THE RADFORD EDUCATIONAL TRUST - 1092850, Register of Charities, register data extract of 13 October 2026, accessed 1 November 2026.
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