Bnos Yisroel School Manchester

Overview: Bnos Yisroel School Manchester is a large orthodox Jewish girls' school that has created a highly positive culture, encouraging pupils to be happy, friendly, and to grow spiritually. Pupils enjoy strong, affirming relationships with caring staff and are well-prepared for their next steps in education. However, the school has failed to meet the independent school standards, particularly in relation to teaching about diversity and protected characteristics.

Strengths:

• Pupils describe life at Bnos Yisroel School as being part of one big family, with a highly positive culture that encourages pupils to be happy, friendly, and to grow spiritually.
• Pupils enjoy strong, affirming relationships with caring staff and know that there are trusted adults who they can speak to about any worries that they may have.
• The school has high expectations of pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), and staff expect pupils to achieve well.
• Pupils are extremely respectful of others, behave in an exemplary manner around school, and are excellent role models for their peers.
• Staff identify the needs of pupils with SEND in an accurate and timely manner and work well with parents, carers, and external agencies.

Areas to improve:

• The school has not considered exactly what pupils should learn and in what order in a small number of subjects in key stages 1 and 2, hindering some pupils from achieving as highly as they could.
• The school does not ensure that pupils learn about the diverse characteristics of people in modern Britain, including protected characteristics related to sexual orientation and gender reassignment.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.