Type Voluntary aided school Headteacher Patrick Moriarty Chair Jeremy Kosky Number of students 1,360 | Religion Judaism Deputy Headteacher Liz Weddle Phone +44 20 8344 2220 President Gerald Ronson | |
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Established 6 September 2010 (2010-09-06) Address Castlewood Rd, New Barnet EN4 9GE, UK Founded 6 September 2010, New Barnet, United Kingdom Similar East Barnet School, Yavneh College, Queen Elizabeth's School, Friern Barnet School, Queen Elizabeth's Girls' Sch | ||
Jewish community secondary school jcoss 2012
JCoSS (Jewish Community Secondary School) is a state-funded Jewish secondary school in New Barnet, London. Established in 2010, it is the first Jewish cross-denominational secondary school in the UK. It was established after a mother observed that while her son had gone to JFS, a nearby Jewish school, many of his friends had not been able to attend because of oversubscription and halachic requirements, and initiated in 2001 the ultimately successful proposal for a new British faith school. Construction of the school began in April 2009.
JCoSS is opening a year at a time, with up to 180 students joining Year 7 each year until 2017, when the school will have about 1360 students. Its sixth form opened in 2012. The school has specialist status in science. The school cost £50 million to build, £36 million of which was funded by the government, and is the most expensive state-funded secondary school to be built in the UK. The Headteacher is Patrick Moriarty. Gerald Ronson, a business tycoon and philanthropist, helped in the fundraising drive and is the president of the JCoSS Trust. The Pears Special Resource Provision (PSRP) at the school has places for up to 49 children (seven places each year) with autistic spectrum disorders. Norwood, a Jewish charity, is providing some of the services at the PSRP.
Before the school opened, several Orthodox rabbis expressed concern over JCoSS's compatibility with their faith. At the construction ceremony, Ed Balls, who at the time was schools secretary, said the school would play an important role in dealing with discrimination and prejudice.