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| The construction of the UK's most expensive state school, for children from the Jewish population, is being marked with a ground-breaking ceremony. | The construction of the UK's most expensive state school, for children from the Jewish population, is being marked with a ground-breaking ceremony. |
| The Schools Secretary for England, Ed Balls will attend the ceremony as building work is under way on the £50m Jewish Community Secondary School, in north London. | |
| It will be the first school catering for children from families not regarded as Jewish by the Orthodox authorities. | It will be the first school catering for children from families not regarded as Jewish by the Orthodox authorities. |
| The school, in Barnet, is due to open next year and will take 1,300 pupils. | The school, in Barnet, is due to open next year and will take 1,300 pupils. |
| It will offer what it describes as an outward-looking curriculum, including teaching about Jewish religion and culture. | It will offer what it describes as an outward-looking curriculum, including teaching about Jewish religion and culture. |
| But pupils will be selected without reference to the way in which they or their parents choose to practise their beliefs. | But pupils will be selected without reference to the way in which they or their parents choose to practise their beliefs. |
| Almost all the 38 other Jewish state schools operate under the auspices of the Chief Rabbi's office, which requires pupils to have a Jewish mother, or one who has converted to Judaism according to strict rules. | Almost all the 38 other Jewish state schools operate under the auspices of the Chief Rabbi's office, which requires pupils to have a Jewish mother, or one who has converted to Judaism according to strict rules. |
| The backers of the new school say the requirement is unduly technical, and excludes what they call "thinking converts" who have entered the religion via a different route. | The backers of the new school say the requirement is unduly technical, and excludes what they call "thinking converts" who have entered the religion via a different route. |