- Secular and religious studies are combined within a framework of Torah Im Derech Eretz (respect for others within the school and in the wider world) serving Orthodox Jewish families in northwest London.
- The academy, founded in 1944 by the pioneering rabbi Dr Solomon Schonfeld, belongs to a trust which also runs a separate girls’ school.
- Academic rigour is combined with in-depth study of the Torah, incorporating values such as chesed (caring/ kindness) and tzedokah (supporting charities).
- The vast majority of graduates go on to world-class yeshivas (seminaries) before pursuing university education and a wide variety of careers.
- Many sixth-formers run lunchtime clubs and societies for younger pupils, as well as broadening their own studies by taking art, technology, self-defence and first aid courses.
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