Gateshead Jewish Academy for Girls

Gateshead Jewish Academy for Girls, also known as Beis Chaya Rochel (Hebrew: בית חיה רחל), is a two-year post-secondary school college, or "seminary". It was founded in Gateshead, England in 1998; its principal is Rabbi Avrohom Katz, an author and columnist. It is an Orthodox Jewish college, attracting Haredi students from all around the world, with a dormitory and all long-term in-living accommodations. Most students come from the United Kingdom but significant numbers come from other European countries. Students range in age from 16 to 21. The academy aims to provide students with an education in the Torah to "guide and support them in their role as orthodox Jewish women in adult life".
See Midrasha#Seminaries, for further discussion of this educational approach. The academy also provides students with opportunities to take a range of AS/A Levels, GCSE and vocational qualifications in partnership with a local FE College. It is also commonly known by most people as "Gateshead New" (or just "New") due to another seminary that opened earlier in Gateshead and is referred to as "Gateshead Old".

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Gateshead Talmudical College

Gateshead Talmudical College (Hebrew: ישיבת בית יוסף גייטסהעד), popularly known as Gateshead Yeshiva, is located in the Bensham area of Gateshead in North East England. It is the largest yeshiva in Europe and considered to be one of the most prestigious advanced yeshivas in the Orthodox world. The student body currently (as of 2019) numbers approx. 350. Although students are mainly British, there are European, American, Canadians as well as some from South America, Australia and South Africa. Most students are Litvish, but up to a third are Hasidic.

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Jewish Teachers' Training College

The Jewish Teachers' Training College (also known as Beth Midrash Lemoroth) is an all-girls school on Bewick Road in Gateshead, England. It is also commonly known by most people as "Gateshead Old" due to another seminary that opened later in Gateshead which is referred to as "Gateshead New".

Gateshead Leisure Centre

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Yeshiva L'zeirim Tiferes Yaacov

Yeshiva L'zeirim Tiferes Yaacov (Hebrew: ישיבה לצעירים תפארת יעקב), commonly referred to as Yeshiva Ketana, is a yeshiva ketana located in Gateshead, England. The yeshiva opened in 1977. The rosh yeshiva is Rabbi Ezriel Yaffe, a graduate of the Gateshead Kolel. Rabbi Moshe Chaim Dunner served as mashgiach until his death in 2025. It also included a Preparatory Academy, providing a year of schooling for boys aged 15 to 16. The yeshiva building has 24 hour protection by security guards, funded by a government grant administered by the Community Security Trust. From their opening they had been located at a building on Gladstone Terrace. An Ofsted report in 2017 found that the premises did not meet basic standards, including because the toilets were not provided with hot water. In 2014, the yeshiva bought the building of the former Swallow Hotel on High West Street, which had previously gone bankrupt and been abandoned due to the competition from the nearby Hilton Hotel. They bough it for a fraction of the building's value, and the sale was supported by philanthropists including the Pels and Reichmann families. They received planning permission in 2014 and converted the guest bedrooms into housing for 250 students and staff. They then built the main study hall on the site of the former restaurant area, and built teaching rooms and catering and dining areas. The main entrance was refurbished with a reclad canopy, brick cladding and small windows, and improved security by building a two-metre iron fence and automatic sliding gate. The new building was opened in July 2024, and the inaugaration ceremony was attended by rabbis Shimon Galai and Dovid Cohen from Israel, and a letter written by Meir Zvi Bergman for the occasion was read. Zanvil Weinberger performed, and the event was photographed by Shuki Lehrer from Israel.