Pikuach Director Jeffrey Leader has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for his work in education, including Pikuach, the Board of Deputies and Jewish schools’ inspection service.

Jeffrey said, “I have an overriding passion for the community and the education of its children.”

Board of Deputies President Marie van der Zyl commented, “This is wonderful news and a fitting tribute to Jeffrey whose work at Pikuach has created an inspection service which is widely admired and ensures religious education teaching at Jewish schools is rigorously tested.”