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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Damon Wilkinson & James Holt

Top-performing school put in special measures following 'unlawful discrimination' claims is 'not taking effective action' to improve

Leaders at a formerly outstanding school are 'not taking effective' action to get out of special measures, an education watchdog has said. The King David High School, an 800-pupil Jewish state school in Crumpsall, was put into special measures in March after being accused of 'unlawfully discriminating' against pupils on the grounds of sex by Ofsted.

King David, which consists of a main school and two separate streams - Yavneh Girls and Yavneh Boys, which offer modern Jewish orthodox education at secondary school level - was previously rated as 'outstanding' after an inspection in May 2015.

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