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Pupils at Manchester school ‘severely let down by leaders’, Ofsted finds

Damning report finds Ahavas Torah Boys Academy ‘inadequate’ with numerous failings

March 28, 2023 16:50
Ahavas Torah Boys Academy
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Pupils at the Ahavas Torah Boys Academy in Manchester have been “severely let down by leaders in all aspects” according to a damning new Ofsted report. 

The inspectorate downgraded the strictly Orthodox school from “needs improvement” to “inadequate” following an inspection at the end of last year which found a “wide range of unmet standards” by its leadership. 

It reported that the school, serving over 70 boys aged 11 to 16, had a “weak and poorly designed” curriculum lacking in secular subjects. It was not “the broad, ambitious curriculum to which pupils are entitled”. 

The report further accused the school’s leaders of not ensuring staff have the subject knowledge required to deliver the curriculum well, with teachers “struggling to provide pupils with clear and accurate explanations of new learning because their own subject knowledge is poor”.