Ofsted has given the green light for Southend’s Chasidic community to open its first girls’ primary school, reporting that it is likely to meet all independent school standards.

Beis Chinuch Lebonos Westcliff plans to take up to 120 girls aged from three to 11.

Chasidim, looking for cheaper places to live outside the heartlands of Hackney, began moving into the seaside city seven years ago.

The school, Ofsted said, would teach religious classes in the morning and a broad range of subjects “closely aligned with the national curriculum” in the afternoon.

Appropriate resources including phonics books to support reading have been acquired.

Plans for age-appropriate understanding of health and relationships will prioritise “the key issues that girls will face, such as unsolicited contact online and in public, as well as teaching about puberty and women’s health,” Ofsted said.

Leaders also planned to “expand pupils’ horizons outside of their immediate location and community” and to work with other schools to help pupils understand the beliefs and views of others.