Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls' School
| Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls' School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
Egerton Road , , N16 6UB England | |
| Coordinates | 51°34′26″N 0°04′12″W / 51.5738°N 0.0699°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Voluntary aided school |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Charedi Judaism |
| Established | 1942 |
| Local authority | Hackney |
| Department for Education URN | 133599 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Principal | Rabbi C Pinter |
| Acting Headteacher | C Neuberger |
| Gender | Girls |
| Age | 11 to 16 |
| Colour(s) | Red 🟥 |
Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls' School is a state-funded Jewish secondary school for girls, located in the Stamford Hill area of the London Borough of Hackney, in England. The school primarily serves the Charedi Jewish community of Stamford Hill.
The school has been rated "good" by Ofsted in 2024, following it being rated "inadequate" in 2018, for the restrictive education it provided to its pupils. Ofsted reported that it now matched the breadth and ambition expected nationally and that pupils "are very well prepared for the next stage of their education, employment or training."
The Charedi community does not have access to television, the Internet, or other media, and members of the community aim to lead modest lives governed by the codes of Torah observance. In 2008, it emerged that nine pupils, supported by their parents, had refused to sit a Key Stage 3 Shakespeare test on The Tempest because they felt the character of Shylock in The Merchant of Venice was anti-semitic. There have also been recurring controversies at the school due to failures to teach sex education, the theory of evolution, or various aspects of British history.