Lubavitch Girls Primary School
Lubavitch Girls Primary School is a state-funded Orthodox Jewish academy for girls aged 4 to 11 at 107–115 Stamford Hill, in the London Borough of Hackney. It is part of the Lubavitch Multi Academy Trust. The Department for Education records that it opened as an academy on 1 April 2018, with 101 pupils on roll against a capacity of 195, and Mrs Vivian Funtong as headteacher.[1] It is one of the Chabad Lubavitch schools in the UK.
History
The academy replaced the voluntary aided Lubavitch Ruth Lunzer Girls Primary School (URN 134639). That school opened on 1 April 2004 and closed on 31 March 2018 when it converted. The register lists the independent Lubavitch House School (Junior Girls) (URN 133618) as its predecessor.[2] Ofsted judged the voluntary aided school satisfactory in 2006 and 2009 and good in 2013, and found in June 2017 that it continued to be good.[3][4][5][6]
Admissions ruling
In November 2021 The Jewish Chronicle reported that the Office of the Schools Adjudicator had partially upheld a complaint by the National Secular Society about the school's admission arrangements. It said the school's application form listed the only options for ethnic background as "Ethnic background: White-Orthodox Jewish/ White-British/ White-European/ White-Other". The adjudicator also found that the phrase "according to halochah", used for giving priority, was not clear enough, and that the arrangements "will need to be revised to rectify this fault". According to the paper, the adjudicator did not uphold the society's objection that the reference to halachah breached equality law. A spokesman for the trust said the school was "eager to ensure that our arrangements will be fully compliant with the new code".[7]
Inspections
Pikuach inspected the school's Jewish education on 29 and 30 June 2022 and judged it good overall (grade 2). It recorded 132 pupils and named Hadasa Korer as chair and Judith Nemeth as headteacher.[8] Earlier Pikuach reports are dated 2006, 2009 and 2013.[9][10][11]
At an ungraded inspection in September 2022, Ofsted found no change to the good judgement but recommended that the next inspection be graded.[12] In December 2023 it judged the school good, with early years provision requiring improvement. It named Hadasah Korer as chair of the trust and Judith Nemeth as executive headteacher.[13]
Inspection history
| Date | Inspectorate and type | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 5 and 6 December 2023 | Ofsted, standard inspection | Good[13] |
| 21 September 2022 | Ofsted, ungraded inspection | No change to good; next inspection to be graded[12] |
| 5 April 2018 | Ofsted, academy conversion letter | [14] |
The full list of reports is published by Ofsted.[15][16]
Trust
The Lubavitch Multi-Academy Trust (company number 11211005) was incorporated on 16 February 2018.[17] Its current directors are Daniel Duboy (appointed 16 February 2018), Joanna Katherine Franklin (appointed 6 February 2022), Menachem Mendel Jacobs (appointed 26 September 2024), Tsvi Lewis (appointed 12 February 2026), Daniel Alexander Saunders (appointed 12 February 2026), Sholom Ber Sudak (appointed 2 December 2019) and Aleksey Boruch Josef Vilensky (appointed 12 February 2026).[18]
See also
- Chabad Lubavitch schools in the UK
- Lubavitch Junior Boys
- Lubavitch House School (Senior Girls)
- Jewish Schools in the UK
External links
Notes
- ↑ Department for Education, Lubavitch Girls Primary School (URN 145610), Get Information about Schools, accessed 1 November 2026.
- ↑ Department for Education, Lubavitch Ruth Lunzer Girls Primary School (URN 134639), Get Information about Schools, accessed 1 November 2026.
- ↑ Ofsted, Lubavitch Ruth Lunzer Girls Primary School: inspection report, inspection of 12 September 2006, accessed 1 November 2026.
- ↑ Ofsted, Lubavitch Ruth Lunzer Girls Primary School: inspection report, inspection of 4 November 2009, accessed 1 November 2026.
- ↑ Ofsted, Lubavitch Ruth Lunzer Girls Primary School: inspection report, inspection of 18–19 June 2013, accessed 1 November 2026.
- ↑ Ofsted, Lubavitch Ruth Lunzer Girls Primary School: inspection report, inspection of 20 June 2017, accessed 1 November 2026.
- ↑ Lubavitch school told to change entry form, The Jewish Chronicle, Simon Rocker, 22 November 2021, accessed 1 November 2026.
- ↑ Pikuach, Lubavitch Girls Primary School: inspection report, inspection of 29–30 June 2022, pikuach.org.uk, accessed 1 November 2026.
- ↑ Pikuach, Lubavitch Girls Primary School: inspection report, inspection of 2006, pikuach.org.uk, accessed 1 November 2026.
- ↑ Pikuach, Lubavitch Girls Primary School: inspection report, inspection of 2009, pikuach.org.uk, accessed 1 November 2026.
- ↑ Pikuach, Lubavitch Girls Primary School: inspection report, inspection of 2013, pikuach.org.uk, accessed 1 November 2026.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Ofsted, Lubavitch Girls Primary School: inspection report, inspection of 21 September 2022, accessed 1 November 2026.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Ofsted, Lubavitch Girls Primary School: inspection report, inspection of 5 and 6 December 2023, accessed 1 November 2026.
- ↑ Ofsted, Lubavitch Girls Primary School: inspection report, inspection of 5 April 2018, accessed 1 November 2026.
- ↑ Ofsted, Lubavitch Girls Primary School (URN 145610), Ofsted reports, accessed 1 November 2026.
- ↑ Ofsted, Lubavitch Ruth Lunzer Girls Primary School (URN 134639), Ofsted reports, accessed 1 November 2026.
- ↑ Companies House, THE LUBAVITCH MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST (11211005): Company overview, accessed 1 November 2026.
- ↑ Companies House, THE LUBAVITCH MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST (11211005): People, accessed 1 November 2026.