Kesher Talk

Jews in odd places: Britain: A Jewish primary school permeated by traditional values and where every pupil learns Hebrew was the star of this year's primary school performance tables published by the United Kingdom's Department for Education.

Not only did all the 11-year-olds at North Cheshire Jewish Primary School, near Cheadle, reach at least Level 4 in the national tests in English, maths and science, but nearly all reached Level 5, the standard expected of a 13-year-old. It is the first time that the Level 5 results of nearly 18,000 primaries in England have been published, giving parents an additional tool for measuring schools' effectiveness. North Cheshire Jewish was one of 200 schools - all in predominantly middle-class areas - where the pupils' average Level 5 score totalled more than 200 out of a possible 300.

posted by William @ 12/09/2003 08:56:15 AM