JEWISH DAY SCHOOL RANKED # 1 IN U.K.

Jewish school No. 1 in UK (JTA)
A Jewish day school ranked No. 1 in a British government survey. The report, released Thursday, ranked the North Cheshire Jewish School as the best primary school in Britain.

Of the 209 primary schools in Britain whose pupils all reached the expected standard for 11-year-olds in English, math and science, almost two-thirds are faith-based schools, including Jewish, Catholic and Church of England institutions. A total of 16,000 primary schools were included in the survey.

The results represent a vindication for members of the Jewish community, who led an interfaith coalition in October that ultimately defeated a proposal to require non-faith student quotas for faith-based, state-aided schools.