Family & Education
DfE lifts sanctions against Chasidic school in Stamford Hill
The Satmar primary had been unable to accept new pupils
March 21, 2025 14:47
The Satmar primary had been unable to accept new pupils
March 21, 2025 14:47The Department for Education has lifted sanctions against a Chasidic boys’ primary school in Stamford Hill which had prevented it from admitting new pupils.
Talmud Torah Yetev Lev, which has 438 boys on its books aged from seven to 11, had been the subject of restrictions for failing to meet the required independent school standards.
But a recent inspection found that it was now meeting the standards that were checked.
The DfE confirmed this week it had removed the restrictions from the school, which serves the Satmar community.
Inspectors said Yetev Lev had improved the organisation of secular subjects as well as the promotion of British values as well as the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of pupils.
There was also better news for another local Chasidic school, the Talmud Torah Chaim Meirim Wiznitz boys’ primary, which is run by the Viznitz community.
After being ranked inadequate at its previous four inspections, the independent school was upgraded to “requires improvement” with pupil behaviour and attitudes rated good.
Inspectors described it as a “kind and caring school” where pupils “behave responsibly”.
Chaim Meirim was “ambitious to raise pupils’ achievement. With this in mind, the school has developed the curriculum since the previous inspection. Pupils have more time to learn secular subjects than they did before.”
But while curriculum content had improved, Ofsted reported, the school had not delivered sufficient improvement in the delivery of some subjects.