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March 3, 2024, 2:42 pm

Police to return lost Sim card of JFS schoolgirl who killed herself after bullying

Mia Janin's family requested the return of the card for her main phone and a second handset, but officers had been 'unable to locate them'

By Jewish News Reporter

Mia Janin, JFS pupil who took her own life in March 2021

January 26, 2024, 2:51 pm

Inquest concludes JFS pupil Mia Janin took her own life after being bullied

North London area coroner Tony Murphy, sitting at Barnet Coroner’s Court, concluded that Mia “took her life while still a child and while still in the process of maturing into adulthood”.

By Jewish News Reporter

January 25, 2024, 7:08 pm

‘Horrible messages about JFS student Mia Janin’ on Snapchat group, inquest hears

Mia, a Year 10 pupil, was found dead at her family home in Harrow in March 2021.

By Jewish News Reporter

January 25, 2024, 11:47 am

Form tutor not aware Mia Janin was being bullied, inquest told

Alistair Davey tells Barnet Coroner’s Court he did not remember the Year 10 JFS student standing out as being isolated.

By JN Reporter

January 23, 2024, 3:44 pm

Schoolboys continually bullied JFS girl ahead of her death, inquest told

Mia Janin, a year 10 pupil at the Jewish Free School (JFS) in Kenton, north-west London, was found dead at her family home in Harrow on March 12 2021.

By Jewish News Reporter

Headteacher Dr David Moody with JFS pupils earlier this year

December 4, 2023, 3:29 pm

JFS named top comprehensive in country to mark a huge turnaround

The UK's largest Jewish school leapfrogs others to take the plaudits in The Times' Parent Power guide, published this weekend

By Jewish News Reporter

June 26, 2023, 4:12 pm

JFS boys ‘set up group chat about girls’ before pupil Mia Janin’s death

A former deputy head at the school told the boys to close the group after Mia’s death. The assistant coroner told a pre-inquest review it would have been helpful if the group had been “preserved” for evidence.

By Jewish News Reporter

May 26, 2023, 10:32 am

Met Police apologises after losing evidence linked to JFS pupil’s death

The force confirmed it had lost a number of items that belonged to the 14-year-old who took her own life after being bullied, her father claims.

By Jewish News Reporter

March 30, 2023, 9:35 pm

JFS pupil, 14, took her life after being bullied, father tells hearing

A pre-inquest review hearing into the death of Mia Janin in March 2021 heard her parents raised concerns over bullying with JFS staff.

By Jewish News Reporter

Mia with her dog Lola who now stays by Mariano's side

September 22, 2022, 8:22 am

What really happened to Mia Janin? Her father shares the family’s unspeakable tragedy

Mariano Janin will be alone again on Yom Kippur. In four months he lost the two most important in his life. Some think they know his story, but he wants them to know the truth

By Brigit Grant

June 20, 2022, 4:58 pm

JFS finally gets ‘Good’ rating from Ofsted inspectors after disastrous 2021

UK's largest Jewish school climbs out of trouble amid the impact of a student's suicide and questions about pupil safety

By Jewish News Reporter

Mia's father Mariano is now pleading with parents and pupils to come forward to help him to discover why she died.

Image republished courtesy of Vicki Couchman / The Sunday Times / News Licensing

June 8, 2022, 4:14 pm

Social media accounts ‘deleted’ on teachers’ orders five days after pupil’s death

Pre-inquest hearing into the tragic death of Mia Janin hears Snapchat accounts that may contain vital evidence were deleted just five days after the 14-year-old took her life.

By Brigit Grant

June 6, 2022, 11:20 am

Father of JFS suicide pupil appeals to parents: ‘Do not close ranks’ over bullying

Mariano Janin believes daughter Mia may have been sparked to take her own life by reading social media posts, after she told friend she was "mentally prepared" to be bullied

By Toby Porter

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