Charedi girls again top the GCSE Jewish school charts

David Landau, Menorah High’s chair of governors, said, “We are very proud of our pupils and of the incredible staff who year on year achieve such impressive results. Our school continuously strives for true success in Torah and derech eretz [behaving ethically in the world].”

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The biggest turnaround was at Beis Yaakov, which was rated inadequate two years ago but received a more positive inspection earlier this year.

The final figures will not be published until next year — although they can be confusing. It is not clear why Leeds Jewish Free School is only rated average for a progress score of 0.45, just below two schools rated well above average by the department.

Figures for the private Immanuel College are not available as it does some IGCSEs (international GCSEs) which are not counted in official tables.

At Mesivta, a strictly Orthodox boys’ school in Salford, pupils usually take their exams a year early in year 10.

Jewish schools generally performed well above the national average for England: the average Progress 8 score in England was 49.5 points, the percentage achieving English and maths passes at grade 5, 49.5 per cent and the percentage attaining English Baccalaureate levels at grade 5, 18 per cent.