Gateshead Jewish Academy for Girls
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Gateshead Jewish Academy for Girls | |
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Tyne and Wear, England, UK | |
Coordinates | 54°57′14″N 1°36′25″W / 54.954°N 1.607°WCoordinates: 54°57′14″N 1°36′25″W / 54.954°N 1.607°W grid reference NZ252621 |
Gateshead Jewish Academy for Girls (Hebrew בית חיה רחל), is a two-year post-secondary school college, or "seminary". It was founded in Gateshead, England in 1998; its principal is Rabbi Avrohom Katz, an author and columnist.
It is an Orthodox Jewish college, attracting Haredi students from all around the world, with a dormitory and all long term in-living accommodations. Most students come from the United Kingdom but significant numbers come from other European countries.[1] Students range in age from 16 - 21.[1]
The academy's aim is to provide students with an education in the Torah in order to "guide and support them in their role as orthodox Jewish women in adult life".[1] See Midrasha#Seminaries, for further discussion of this educational approach.
The academy also provides students with opportunities to take a range of AS/A Levels, GCSE and vocational qualifications in partnership with a local FE College.
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- ^ a b c Gateshead Jewish Academy for Girls, SIS 2019 report.
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