Ofsted believes that all Jewish schools are capable of achieving a good rating despite concerns within the Charedi sector about teaching about LGBT+ issues.
Senior officials from the inspectorate and the Department for Education discussed policy with headteachers at a day-long conference hosted by the Jewish school’s network, PaJeS.
Victor Shafiee, Ofsted’s deputy director for unregistered and independent schools, said they had come together to “support Jewish schools, state-funded and independent, to become at least good”.
Commenting after the event, which he described as “valuable”, he said: “We believe that the right balance can be found where Jewish schools can respect their own faith values and follow the government’s equalities legislation, against which Ofsted inspects.