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GESHER SCHOOL
October 14, 2025, 2:00 pm
Gesher School’s founders launch £400k appeal to take their vision further
Having started in 2017 with just seven pupils in a former therapy centre, Ali Durban and Sarah Sultman’s groundbreaking special needs school is hoping to expand once again
By Michelle Rosenberg
Eden Primary School. Pic: Courtesy
May 20, 2025, 12:18 pm
Eden Primary smashes target in first fundraising campaign
Only Jewish school in Haringey raises £152k to support special needs provision
By Michelle Rosenberg
Brandon Lewis visited the Side by Side school in Stamford Hill, December 2018
May 29, 2019, 4:24 pm
Stamford Hill special needs school looks to raise £720,000 by end of the week
Side-by-Side asks for help in raising funds for therapies, as generous backers vow to match donations 'pound for pound'
By Jewish News Reporter
Brandon Lewis in a Side-by-Side school classroom
December 4, 2018, 1:09 pm
Tory chair heralds work of Stamford Hill special needs school during visit
Brandon Lewis sees how Charedi pupils of both full and limited abilities are taught together at Side-by-Side
April 6, 2017, 1:26 pm
Eighteen Under 18: We reveal the young Jewish leaders on the rise!
Jewish News, in association with the Jewish Leadership Council, spotlights 18 individuals aged 18 and under, set to shape the community’s future in the decades to come.
By Noa Lessof Gendler
Purim can be a tough time for sensory-sensitive kids
March 9, 2017, 5:04 pm
Seven tips to keep everyone happy (and in costume) on Purim!
Here are some pointers from child development experts ahead of the Jewish festival of dressing up
High-functioning young people on the autistic spectrum can join a specially designed training programme for potential army work
March 2, 2017, 3:10 pm
Autism and the IDF: How a unique unit is ending exclusion
People with developmental disabilities can often be excluded from serving in the Israel army, but a special unit is changing that
By Jenni Frazer
L-R: Gesher co-founders Sarah Sultman and Ali Durban with Sinai Chairman Less Glassar and head teacher Robert Leach
July 4, 2016, 3:08 pm
Primary and special needs schools enter ‘first-of-its-kind’ partnership
The two institutions will forge ties to help pupils of all abilities integrate and work side by side
June 20, 2016, 10:29 am
New £10.5m special needs school to open next year
After ten years of waiting, the venture finally got the go-ahead from Hackney Council
By Stephen Oryszczuk
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