> “Despite meeting 96% of the Independent School standards, our rating was downgraded two levels. We do not think this rating reflects the quality of our school or excellence of our teaching.”
I have to say if the results are fine I’m wondering how Ofsted have evidenced their claim that students are left unprepared for the next stage of learning.
The parents can’t be spending 30k pa on an underperforming school surely? What’s going on here?
Seems incredibly fucking dodgy after what came out with the Trojan horse nonsense in brum.
Not that much detail, with no particular anecdotes or anything like that.
Criticism is really focused on the over-focus on SJ and equality issues. It’s unclear if that reflects extreme teaching or reactionary inspection standards.
>A letter seen by hundreds of parents at The American School London accuses the school of dedicating part of the display to showcase “outspoken Jews who, for the most part, other than being Jewish, had no obvious connection to the Holocaust.”
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>The JC understands the letter was signed by a number parents and sent to school leaders.
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One of the “outspoken Jews” highlighted as part of the display was Eve Peyser, a politics and culture writer for Vice, who describes herself as an anti-Zionist.
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>Parents also complained about the inclusion of Ms Peyser as someone who has “written publicly about how they have actively disavowed their Jewish heritage”.
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>The letter stated: “Bearing in mind that the International Holocaust Remembrance Association’s widely-accepted definition of antisemitism specifically cites denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination as an antisemitic act, it was particularly insensitive to showcase an individual who holds such views in a presentation about the remembrance of the genocide of the Jewish people.”
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>[JC: Britain’s most expensive day school accused of using Holocaust to promote ‘identity politics agenda’](https://www.thejc.com/news/news/britains-most-expensive-day-school-accused-of-using-holocaust-to-promote-%27identity-politics-agenda%27-4wWqqrbKuU6kfBtXUnhzL4)
The article continues in the same “The Wrong Kind of Jew” vein
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> “Despite meeting 96% of the Independent School standards, our rating was downgraded two levels. We do not think this rating reflects the quality of our school or excellence of our teaching.”
I have to say if the results are fine I’m wondering how Ofsted have evidenced their claim that students are left unprepared for the next stage of learning.
The parents can’t be spending 30k pa on an underperforming school surely? What’s going on here?
Seems incredibly fucking dodgy after what came out with the Trojan horse nonsense in brum.
Report [here](https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1646403531/asl/eridzgnhcgvx99cylrr5/10214690-TheAmericanSchool-101168-FinalReport.pdf) if others are curious.
Not that much detail, with no particular anecdotes or anything like that.
Criticism is really focused on the over-focus on SJ and equality issues. It’s unclear if that reflects extreme teaching or reactionary inspection standards.
>A letter seen by hundreds of parents at The American School London accuses the school of dedicating part of the display to showcase “outspoken Jews who, for the most part, other than being Jewish, had no obvious connection to the Holocaust.”
>
>The JC understands the letter was signed by a number parents and sent to school leaders.
>
One of the “outspoken Jews” highlighted as part of the display was Eve Peyser, a politics and culture writer for Vice, who describes herself as an anti-Zionist.
>
>Parents also complained about the inclusion of Ms Peyser as someone who has “written publicly about how they have actively disavowed their Jewish heritage”.
>
>The letter stated: “Bearing in mind that the International Holocaust Remembrance Association’s widely-accepted definition of antisemitism specifically cites denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination as an antisemitic act, it was particularly insensitive to showcase an individual who holds such views in a presentation about the remembrance of the genocide of the Jewish people.”
>
>[JC: Britain’s most expensive day school accused of using Holocaust to promote ‘identity politics agenda’](https://www.thejc.com/news/news/britains-most-expensive-day-school-accused-of-using-holocaust-to-promote-%27identity-politics-agenda%27-4wWqqrbKuU6kfBtXUnhzL4)
The article continues in the same “The Wrong Kind of Jew” vein