Ofsted back on attack over teaching about same-sex relations in Charedi schools

But while pupils achieved well in reading and were getting better at writing and maths, they did not do as well as they should, the inspectorate found.

Last month, Ofsted’s attitude towards faith schools was criticised by the think-tank Policy Exchange, which said the inspection service was going beyond Department for Education guidance on same-sex relationships.

At the annual conference for Jewish headteachers last week, Pajes, the Jewish Leadership Council’s schools’ network, reported that of 23 Charedi schools inspected by Ofsted since September, nine had experienced problems only because of their omission of LGBT-related issues.

But two Chasidic secondary schools in the past week have bucked the critical trend by achieving a good Ofsted rating.