Jews' Free School (also known as JFS) is a Jewish secondary school in Kenton, north London. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational Institution where the final stage of compulsory schooling known as Secondary education, takes Kenton is a place partly in the London Borough of Harrow and partly in the London Borough of Brent. It presently accepts both male and female students. At one time it had more than 4,000 students attending and was known as "the largest (or biggest) school in the universe. "[1]
Jewish free school was founded on 13 April 1732 as a boys-only school in Ebenezer Square, London. Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople Year 1732 ( MDCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a JFS was relocated in 1822 to Bell Lane of the East End of London, where it remained until the building fell victim to World War II and was destroyed. Year 1822 (MDCCCXXII was a Common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Sunday of the World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The school was rebuilt in 1958 in Camden Town. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Camden Town is the district of London, England around Camden High Street, in the London Borough of Camden. It was once again relocated in 2002 to its present location in Kenton. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. JFS currently holds approximately 2,000 students in the new school building and is the largest all-Jewish school in Europe. The school also holds the record for having 660 computers in the school.
Mr Jonathan Miller is now the new headteacher starting from December 31st 2007, who held one of the Deputy Headteacher positions when Dame Ruth Robins was headteacher. The poet Daljit Nagra currently teaches English at the school, as well as other support staff roles including Learning Resource Centre Staff Member. Daljit Nagra is a British poet whose debut collection Look We Have Coming to Dover! — a title alluding to W The actor Nicholas Frankau better known for his role as Flt. Lt. Carstairs in the British sitcom 'Allo 'Allo! also worked at the school as a supply teacher in the 1980's. Nicholas Frankau (born 16 July 1944 or 1954 in Stockport) is an English actor best known for playing the role of Flt RAF Flying Officers Fairfax and Carstairs are Fictional characters in the BBC Sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!, which ran from 1982 A British sitcom is a Situation comedy (sitcom produced in the United Kingdom. 'Allo 'Allo! was a long-running British sitcom broadcast on BBC1 from 1982 to 1992 comprising eighty-five episodes Moses Angel was headmaster from 1842 to 1897. Moses Angel (b April 29, 1819 - d 1898 in London England) was headmaster at the Jews' Free School (JFS in Bell Lane Spitalfields
JFS has an excellent academic record. 2007 saw record-breaking achievement, with 53% of the school's attempted GCSE exams receiving grades of A* or A. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. (Source: JFS Home. Retrieved on 2007-09-06. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 3114 BC - According to the Proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started )
JFS has been named as the top mixed comprehensive school in the official DFES league tables. In an independent analysis of the 2007 A Level results of almost 1000 secondary schools in England and Wales, JFS was placed in the top 1% of schools for value-added achievement. The analysis was undertaken by ALPS (A Level Performance System) an organisation funded by the Learning and Skills Council - the government agency which funds all post 16 and adult education in the country.
Notable alumni
- Barney Barnato, English Randlord
- Israel Zangwill, writer
- Sidney Hart, trade unionist
- Barbara Roche, Labour politician
- Benjamin Cohen, journalist
- Jason Cheetham, a. Barney Barnato (born Barnett Isaacs) ( 5 July 1852 – 14 June 1897) was a South African Randlord, one of the Entrepreneurs Randlord is a term used to denote the entrepreneurs who controlled the Diamond and Gold mining industries in South Africa in its pioneer phase from the Israel Zangwill ( January 21, 1864 - August 1, 1926) was an English -born humourist and writer Barbara Maureen Roche, née Margolis (born 13 April 1954 was a Labour politician in the United Kingdom. Benjamin Cohen (born 14 August 1982) is a Jewish journalist with Multiple Sclerosis (MS based in London. k. a Jay Kay lead singer of Jamiroquai
- Gina Bellman, actress
- David Miller, Minister for London Transport/Professional Pianist
External links
Jason "Jay" Kay (born Jason Cheetham on 30 December, 1969 in Stretford Trafford) is an English Musician. Jamiroquai is a Grammy Award -winning English Acid jazz / Funk / soul band Gina Bellman (born 10 July 1966 is an English actress. Bellman was born in New Zealand to Jewish parents of Russian and David Miller may refer to David Miller (architect, American architect and architecture professor at the University of Washington David MillerDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic