Beis Aharon School is teaching its pupils a ‘woman’s only role is to clean and cook’ (Picture: Google)

A Jewish school is teaching pupils that a woman’s only role is to look after children, clean the house and cook, according to a damning Ofsted report.

Beis Aharon School in Stamford Hill, in north London, was also criticised by the education watchdog for failing to ensure it teaches proper English and for not promoting British values.

Inspectors visited the school in January in what is called a progress monitoring report – a special inspection reserved for schools that are falling short of standards.

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It is the second time the independent school, for boys aged three to 13, was inspected in such a way after failing its last full assessment in November 2014.



However, despite acknowledging it had made some progress since its last inspection in June, the report concluded that standards are still not being met.

The report said that:

Pupils universally consider that the role of women is to ‘look after children, clean the house and cook’, while men ‘go to work’.

Leaders obscure any images in reading books of women and girls with short sleeves or of children swimming.

The word ‘Christmas’ was crossed out whenever it appeared in a reading book being used in a Year 4 lesson

Younger pupils’ knowledge and understanding of spoken and written English remains poor and they struggle to recall the alphabet

The school, which has around 360 pupils, is reported to charge annual fees of £2,860.

Metro.co.uk approached Beis Aharon School for comment.