Among the plethora of government data made available last week, impressive scores among Jewish schools were their "value-added" figures.
This mark, given to all state-aided schools, indicates how far above expectations pupils performed at GCSE, considering their ability on entry.
As well as scoring well above average in the majority of cases, the community also saw an overall increase in the value-added to its schools in comparison to last year's results.
Despite coming under criticism in the summer following its no-notice Ofsted inspection and subsequent downgrading, JFS had a value-added score of 1040.6 - higher than the national average of 1000.0. Last year, the school attained 1013.4.
Strictly Orthodox schools also fared highly, with Yesodey Hatorah in Stamford Hill scoring 1056.7, Beis Yaakov in Salford scoring 1025.9 and Lubavitch House Girls in Stamford Hill scoring 1027.5. Each school saw their value-added figures rise compared to last year's scores.
Joshua Rowe, chairman of King David High in Manchester, said these results proved the greater value of a faith education.
"All faith schools, including Church of England schools, give the child content, discipline and morals," he said. "That is why they are so important. A child grows as they work their way up in a faith school - they gain a greater sense of purpose and direction."
Surprisingly, the only Jewish school to earn a below-average value added score was Yavneh College, despite the fact that the school was the highest performing of all Jewish schools in its A-Level results.
But Yavneh's head Spencer Lewis stressed the figures were not fully representative since, again, they failed to account for the school's international GCSE results.
"All our science results are not part of that figure," he said. "The IGCSE is actually more rigorous, so it was chosen as a more appropriate course for the pupils of our school."
He added: "When the results come out, it looks like every pupil here hasn't done science. We would be much higher otherwise.
"It is odd for the government to omit these results. Lots of schools are in the same situation as us. It means the tables can be misleading."
