Highly rated north London primary chooses new head

A top performing Jewish primary school has appointed a new head.

Chaya Posen will, in January, leave her current post as deputy head of the Torah Temimah School in Dollis Hill to join Noam Primary in Wembley, which has topped SAT league tables and has been named among the capital’s best 100 schools.

Mrs Posen, 37, holds a diploma in psychology and has been a borough-wide school moderator for Barnet Council.

Founded by parents in 2000 in response to a shortage of school places, Noam is based in Wembley United Synagogue’s building.