King David Religious Education Support
Charity 1130333
Overview
Summary
King David Religious Education Support appears to function as a specialist funding bridge around Jewish education within King David Primary School, Birmingham. Rather than delivering education directly, it gathers voluntary support from families and the wider Jewish community, then transfers funds to the school for teaching provision. Its role therefore sits at the intersection of school-based education, religious continuity and community philanthropy, helping sustain a curriculum area that may require resources beyond ordinary school funding.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Moseley
Confidence: low
The charity's current Charity Commission activity description says that funds are transferred to 'the school' to help pay Jewish Education teachers, and its charitable objects specifically identify King David Primary School, Birmingham. The available evidence identifies the school as in Moseley, Birmingham, but does not directly establish ward-level operational activity.
- Charity Commission register: King David Religious Education Support (charity 1130333)
The charity collects voluntary and other donations and transfers the accumulated funds to the school to assist with payment of teachers in Jewish Education; its objects concern pupils of King David Primary School, Birmingham. - King David Primary School & Nursery official contact page
The school identifies itself as located in Moseley, Birmingham.
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission records Birmingham City as the charity's declared area of operation, but the available activity description identifies only one direct recipient: King David Primary School. This supports a neighbourhood-based operational footprint rather than proving delivery across Birmingham.
- The charity's registered address may be a correspondence or trustee address. There is no evidence that it is a service-delivery or charity-operated site, so it has not been recorded as an operational area.
- Available evidence does not establish whether the charity makes grants to any organisation other than King David Primary School, or whether it funds Jewish Education delivered at locations beyond the school.
- The school may enrol children from a wider area, but beneficiary travel patterns do not demonstrate that the charity itself operates in those areas.
Additional evidence needed
- The latest trustees' annual report or accounts specifying all grant recipients and the locations in which funded teaching is delivered.
- Confirmation from the charity or school of whether King David Primary School is the charity's sole current grant recipient.
- Evidence of any charity-operated activities, staffed premises, or delivery arrangements separate from the school.
Areas of work
- Education/training
- Religious Activities
Who they help
- Children/young People
How they help
- Makes Grants To Organisations
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A community-funded layer within school provision
The charity appears to supplement the school’s capacity to provide Jewish education by mobilising parental and communal donations for teacher costs.
Why it matters
This suggests the organisation is not simply a supporter of individual pupils: it may help maintain a distinctive part of the school’s educational offer through a shared funding model.
Show evidence
“The charity asks parents of children participating in Jewish Education at the school to make voluntary donations towards tuition costs.”
Source:Organisation“Accumulated funds are transferred to the school to assist in the payment of teachers in Jewish Education.”
Source:Organisation
Religious education is treated as both learning and continuity
Its objects suggest that Jewish knowledge, Hebrew and religious observance are understood as connected rather than separate aims.
Why it matters
This helps explain why the charity’s role may extend beyond academic enrichment: it appears designed to support the transmission of religious practice and cultural-linguistic knowledge together.
Show evidence
“The charity advances pupils’ education in Jewish knowledge and practice and in classical and modern Hebrew.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity advances the observance of Judaism.”
Source:Charity Commission
The organisation connects several sources of local support
The funding model appears to distribute responsibility for specialist provision across families, communal organisations, charitable trusts and other donors.
Why it matters
This may make the charity a relationship-holder between the school and wider Jewish philanthropic networks, rather than only a parent fundraising vehicle.
Show evidence
“The charity receives donations from communal organisations, charitable trusts and donors who are not parents of pupils.”
Source:Organisation“The charity transfers accumulated funds to the school.”
Source:Organisation
- The scale of funding, number of pupils reached and proportion of Jewish education costs covered are unknown.
- It is unclear whether funding supports only existing teachers or enables additional provision unavailable through the school’s core budget.
- There is no evidence about how pupils, families or the school experience the charity’s impact.
Remaining uncertainties
- Annual income, expenditure and grants to the school over several years.
- Information from the school on the teaching posts, curriculum or activities funded.
- Evidence on donor relationships, participation levels and unmet funding needs.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
The charity asks parents of children who are participating in Jewish Education at the school to make voluntary donations towards the cost of tuition. The charity also receives donations from communal organisations, charitable trusts, and donors who are not parents of pupils. The accumulated funds are transferred to the school to assist in the payment of teachers in the field of Jewish Education.
Charity objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE: (A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS OF THE KING DAVID PRIMARY SCHOOL, BIRMINGHAM, IN THE SUBJECTS OF: -Çó JEWISH KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE -Çó CLASSICAL AND MODERN HEBREW, AND -Çó ANY OTHER SUBJECT THE TRUSTEES MAY ADD TO THIS LIST. (B) TO ADVANCE THE OBSERVANCE OF JUDAISM