Lubavitch Senior Girls' School
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| name = Lubavitch Senior Girls' School
| image = Lubavitch House 2.jpg
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| caption = Lubavitch House, location of Lubavitch Senior Girls' School
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| established = 1962
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| type = Academy
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| religious_affiliation = Orthodox Judaism
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| head_label = Headteacher
| head = Helen Freeman
| principal = Rabbi Shmuel Lew
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| address = Lubavitch House
| city = 107-115 Stamford Hill
| county = Greater London
| country = England
| postcode = N16 5RP
| local_authority = Hackney
| dfeno = 204/4000
| urn = 145609
| ofsted = Yes
| staff =
| enrolment = 124
| capacity = 180
| lower_age = 11
| upper_age = 18
| gender = Girls
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| colours = Blue 🟦
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| website = https://www.lubavitchseniorgirls.com/
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Lubavitch Senior Girls' School is a Jewish secondary school and sixth form for girls, located in the Stamford Hill area of the London Borough of Hackney in England.{{cite web |url=http://www.chabad.org.uk/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/863447/jewish/Lubavitch-Senior-Girls-School.htm |title=Lubavitch Senior Girls School - Chabad Lubavitch UK |publisher=Chabad.org.uk |access-date=2013-08-15 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130919083030/http://www.chabad.org.uk/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/863447/jewish/Lubavitch-Senior-Girls-School.htm |archive-date=2013-09-19 }} The schools is guided by the principles of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement.{{Cite web|title=Edwards courses|url=http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20101020/NEWS/101029977|publisher=vaildaily.com|access-date=Sep 24, 2014}}
First opened as a private school in 1962, Lubavitch Senior Girls' School became a voluntary aided school in 2012 under the control of Hackney London Borough Council.{{cite web|last=Runyan |first=Joshua |url=http://www.chabad.org/news/article_cdo/aid/1703972/jewish/Lubavitch-Girls-School-Wins-State-Aid.htm |title=London Lubavitch Senior Girls School Wins State Aid - Chabad-Lubavitch News |publisher=Chabad.org |date=2011-12-20 |access-date=2013-08-15}} In April 2018 Lubavitch Senior Girls' School converted to academy status and is now sponsored by The Lubavitch Multi Academy Trust.
Lubavitch Senior Girls' School offers GCSEs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A Levels. The curriculum of the school is divided between secular subjects (Chol) and religious studies (Kodesh). Secular subjects include Modern Hebrew, while religious studies include the Yiddish language and Jewish history.{{cite web |url=http://www.chabad.org.uk/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/863458/jewish/Curriculum.htm |title=Curriculum - Chabad Lubavitch UK |publisher=Chabad.org.uk |access-date=2013-08-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512015144/http://www.chabad.org.uk/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/863458/jewish/Curriculum.htm |archive-date=2013-05-12 |url-status=dead }}
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External links
- [https://www.lubavitchseniorgirls.com/ Lubavitch Senior Girls' School official website]
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Category:Hasidic Judaism in England
Category:Secondary schools in the London Borough of Hackney
Category:Jewish schools in England
Category:Girls' schools in London
Category:Educational institutions established in 1962
Category:1962 establishments in England
Category:Orthodox Jewish educational institutions
Category:Orthodox Judaism in London
Category:Academies in the London Borough of Hackney
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