Life for Jewish pupils in our schools is deeply troubling.

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Every day, children are being harassed and subjected to racial abuse, including on public transport to school, if they are openly Jewish or forced to hide who they are in an attempt to feel safe.

Jewish children have been attacked, sometimes violently, and accused of being “baby killers” or responsible for war in the Middle East despite having no responsibility for events thousands of miles away. Many children and their parents feel powerless to change their situation and lack confidence that schools are taking effective action.

Earlier this year, a small group of parents founded Parents Against Antisemitism (PAA) to raise awareness of these experiences. We set up a website and, within days, were inundated with reports from other families facing similar turmoil.

We shared our findings with Sir David Bell, who today released a landmark report exposing the scale of the problem. We are grateful to Sir David Bell and his team for their work and for shining a light on the experiences of Jewish pupils and their families. We are pleased that many of the recommendations we advocated for have been taken forward.

The report’s findings today underline in stark terms the situation the........

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