Unregulated schools: ‘Government must act urgently’, says Hackney Mayor

Hackney is home to thousands of Charedi Orthodox Jews. Photograph: kafka4prez/Flickr
Mayor Philip Glanville has called on the government to take urgent action over unregistered orthodox Jewish schools in Hackney.
A new report by the council’s Children and Young People’s Scrutiny Commission (CYPSC) identifies up to 29 “yeshiva” schools in the borough which operate outside the authority of the Department for Education (DfE).
It follows a wide-ranging investigation that also