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JFS

First report 22 Feb 2024•Latest report 22 Feb 2024

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Reports, concerns and published responses

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Reports: 1
Published responses: 100%
Concerns addressed: 2
Stated actions: 17

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17stated actions described

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Concerns and recipient responses

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22 Feb2024
North London
Concerns raised2
1. Ongoing gender-based bullying at JFS
2. Failure of gender-based bullying initiatives to gain the confidence of female students
Responses linked to these concerns
Each statement is shown once, even when linked to more than one concern.
Actions described in response 10
1. Action
  Deliver staff and student education on sexual harassment, reporting, social technology, consent, assertiveness, abuse, safeguarding, and positive peer communication.
  Stated completed
2. Action
  Implement an anonymous reporting system on the school website.
  Stated completed
3. Action
  Deliver formal PSHE teaching addressing personal development, relationships, equality, conduct, abuse, coercion, boundaries, and discrimination.
  Stated completed
1. Action
  Appoint a full-time safeguarding lead and five full-time safeguarding officers.
  Stated completed
2. Action
  Create a student voice group and a Student Digital Leaders group to promote equality and positive peer communication.
  Stated completed
3. Action
  Implement CPOMS as a centralised reporting, allocation, follow-up, and trend-monitoring system for safeguarding concerns.
  Stated completed
4. Action
  Run a staffed lunchtime Time to Talk forum for students to discuss concerns.
  Stated completed
5. Action
  Conduct coordinated safeguarding monitoring through student check-ins, fortnightly multi-disciplinary reviews, CPOMS follow-up, and monthly governor review of significant concerns.
  Stated completed
6. Action
  Work with Jewish Women’s Aid to develop drop-down days aimed at embedding cultural change.
  Stated planned
7. Action
  Review and publish anti-bullying and behaviour policies with provisions addressing sexist and gender-based bullying and consistent sanctions.
  Stated completed
Respondent positions 1
1. Position
  Evidence of gender-based bullying largely predates the changes implemented following Mia’s death.
  Disputes the concern
AI-generated summary

Mia Janin · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Report summary

Mia Janin was found deceased at home on 12 March 2021, aged 14, after taking her own life. The report describes bullying behaviour by some male students, including gender-based bullying, and hostile responses to a social media post. Concerns were raised about ongoing gender-based bullying at JFS and whether the school’s initiatives had gained the confidence of some female students.

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How this individual concern was interpreted
PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to JFS; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Ongoing gender-based bullying at JFS
Wider context from the report
“(1) Any ongoing gender based bullying at JFS gives rise to a concern that circumstances creating a risk of other deaths will occur, or will continue to exist, in the future; and (2) The initiatives introduced by JFS to address gender based bullying following Mias death do not appear to have gained the confidence of some JFS female students, which gives rise to a concern that the circumstances creating a risk of other deaths will occur, or will continue to exist, in the future. ”
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How this individual concern was interpreted
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Failure of gender-based bullying initiatives to gain the confidence of female students
Wider context from the report
“(1) Any ongoing gender based bullying at JFS gives rise to a concern that circumstances creating a risk of other deaths will occur, or will continue to exist, in the future; and (2) The initiatives introduced by JFS to address gender based bullying following Mias death do not appear to have gained the confidence of some JFS female students, which gives rise to a concern that the circumstances creating a risk of other deaths will occur, or will continue to exist, in the future. ”
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How this respondent action was interpreted

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Deliver staff and student education on sexual harassment, reporting, social technology, consent, assertiveness, abuse, safeguarding, and positive peer communication.

Verbatim wording from the response
“JFS is pro-active in educating students about the gender-based bullying and equality. The school has implemented a mix of student-led, teacher-led and externally-led sessions including:”

Source location
Response from The Jewish Free School
Page 5 · response
Published 26 February 2024
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Implement an anonymous reporting system on the school website.

Verbatim wording from the response
“j. The introduction of an anonymous reporting system on the school website.”

Source location
Response from The Jewish Free School
Page 3 · response
Published 26 February 2024
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Deliver formal PSHE teaching addressing personal development, relationships, equality, conduct, abuse, coercion, boundaries, and discrimination.

Verbatim wording from the response
“g. The delivery of formal Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE) teaching in the curriculum to address all aspects of personal development, during which expectations of appropriate behaviour regarding all aspects of student conduct are made clear.”

Source location
Response from The Jewish Free School
Page 3 · response
Published 26 February 2024
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Appoint a full-time safeguarding lead and five full-time safeguarding officers.

Verbatim wording from the response
“a. The appointment of a full-time safeguarding lead.”

Source location
Response from The Jewish Free School
Page 2 · response
Published 26 February 2024
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Create a student voice group and a Student Digital Leaders group to promote equality and positive peer communication.

Verbatim wording from the response
“• Creation of a 160-strong student voice group, 40 students of which champion equality in the school.”

Source location
Response from The Jewish Free School
Page 6 · response
Published 26 February 2024
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How this respondent action was interpreted

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Implement CPOMS as a centralised reporting, allocation, follow-up, and trend-monitoring system for safeguarding concerns.

Verbatim wording from the response
“h. The introduction of ‘Child Protection Online Management System’ (CPOMS) as a centralised reporting tool used by all staff across the school.”

Source location
Response from The Jewish Free School
Page 3 · response
Published 26 February 2024
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How this respondent action was interpreted

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Run a staffed lunchtime Time to Talk forum for students to discuss concerns.

Verbatim wording from the response
“l. The introduction of ‘Time to Talk’ which runs every lunchtime and is staffed by two experienced members of staff. This is a forum for students to relax and talk about anything that is on their mind.”

Source location
Response from The Jewish Free School
Page 3 · response
Published 26 February 2024
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Conduct coordinated safeguarding monitoring through student check-ins, fortnightly multi-disciplinary reviews, CPOMS follow-up, and monthly governor review of significant concerns.

Verbatim wording from the response
“All students at JFS are known and supported. JFS now has multiple coordinated systems that work to protect children, and staff work to ensure safeguarding is effective. To ensure there are no communication gaps between the Safeguarding and Behaviour teams, fortnightly review meetings are attended by the Designated Safeguarding Lead, Mental Health and Wellbeing Lead, Special Educational Needs Coordinator, Safeguarding Officer and Director of Key Stage. All students in JFS have a safeguarding rating between 1 and 4, representing the highest level of risk and 1 representing no known risk. Students receive personal check-ins from the Safeguarding Officers to understand each individual’s circumstances.”

Source location
Response from The Jewish Free School
Page 4 · response
Published 26 February 2024
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Work with Jewish Women’s Aid to develop drop-down days aimed at embedding cultural change.

Verbatim wording from the response
“JFS is constantly seeking ways to improve its provision and, going forward, will be working with the Jewish Women’s Aid group to build a series of drop-down days to further embed cultural change.”

Source location
Response from The Jewish Free School
Page 6 · response
Published 26 February 2024
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Review and publish anti-bullying and behaviour policies with provisions addressing sexist and gender-based bullying and consistent sanctions.

Verbatim wording from the response
“In respect of your concerns in relation to ongoing issues in respect of, or initiatives in relation to gender-based bullying, JFS has an anti-bullying policy that is reviewed annually. The current version of the anti-bullying policy was published in January 2024, a copy of which has already been provided to the Court, which clearly states that “Bullying of any sort will not be”

Source location
Response from The Jewish Free School
Page 4 · response
Published 26 February 2024
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How this respondent position was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation
Evidence of gender-based bullying largely predates the changes implemented following Mia’s death.

Verbatim wording from the response
“Although JFS considers that much of the evidence referred to in the Regulations 28 Report that was provided by some JFS students after Mia’s death to the police and Ofsted pre-dates the changes implemented following Mia’s death, JFS nevertheless takes your concerns very seriously and has carefully reviewed and considered the matters within the Regulation 28 Report.”

Source location
Response from The Jewish Free School
Page 2 · response
Published 26 February 2024
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Reports, concerns and published responses

Reports over time

Concerns raised2

Ongoing gender-based bullying at JFS

Failure of gender-based bullying initiatives to gain the confidence of female students

Actions described in response An action is something this recipient says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.10

Respondent positions A position is what this recipient says about the concern when it does not describe a specific action.1

Actions described in response 10

Respondent positions 1