Lubavitch Senior Boys School in London, a small school for 11 to 13-year-olds, is failing to meet independent school standards and cannot admit new students, with only nine pupils in Year 8.

Ofsted has approved the establishment of Beis Chinuch Lebonos Westcliff, the first Chasidic girls primary school in Southend, catering to girls aged three to 11 from the local Chasidic community.