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.
