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The results of the 27 October vote

The school number of ברנקו וייס מקיף בית שמש in Beit Shemesh is 160432.

School number
160432
Stage
Junior high and high school
Stream
State
Sector
Jewish
Status
Official
Who it teaches
Boys and girls
Grades
7 to 12
Pupils
1,155 in 2015
Founded
2000
Pupils' social and economic background
Middle

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In 2015, grade 8 scored 456 in maths, against 532 across all schools.

The Meitzav is the national test of grades 5 and 8. Its scale stood at 500 for all schools in 2008, so a score can be read across the years.

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Grade 8, Mathematics

45653220082015

Grade 8, English

44651420102015

Grade 8, Hebrew

45954020082015

Grade 8, Science and technology

47255220102015

In 2018, 65% of the pupils who took part felt good about the school, against 69% across all schools.

Each bar is the share who agreed with the survey's statements, and the dark mark is all schools that year.

Pupils in grades 7 to 9, 2015

513 took part, 89% of the group.

  • A good general feeling about the school

    63%
  • Close, caring relations between teachers and pupils

    40%
  • Pupils behaving properly in class

    28%
  • Being part of violent incidents (lower is better)

    11%
  • The school's efforts to make pupils feel safe

    56%
  • Feedback from teachers that moves learning on

    52%
  • Teaching seen as interesting and clear

    47%
  • Confidence, curiosity and interest in learning

    54%
  • Ways of teaching, learning and assessing

    59%
  • Strategies for learning alone

    53%
  • The school's efforts for tolerance of others

    65%
  • The school's efforts for social and civic involvement

    46%

A good general feeling about the school

63%70%20082015
The 59 statements asked in 2015

The share who agreed, then all schools that year. Where a statement was turned round, more is still better.

  • I like being at school53%63%
  • I feel good at school66%73%
  • Even if I could, I would not move to another school70%73%
  • I have close, good relations with most of my teachers54%65%
  • When I am sad or feel bad, I am comfortable talking about it with one of my teachers20%34%
  • Most teachers care about me and what happens to me, not only about my studies43%47%
  • It matters to most teachers how I feel, at school and in general45%47%
  • Pupils rarely make noise and disorder in class and disturb learning21%27%
  • In my class no pupils are rude to teachers24%34%
  • The pupils in my class treat the teachers with respect40%53%
  • Teachers do not wait long at the start of a lesson for pupils to stop the noise27%30%
  • In the past month a pupil pushed me27%23%
  • In the past month a pupil hit, kicked or punched me13%13%
  • In the past month a pupil used an object to hurt me8%5%
  • In the past month a pupil beat me hard8%5%
  • In the past month a pupil threatened to hurt me, at school or after it8%6%
  • In the past month a pupil used threats to take money, food or valuables from me5%3%
  • In the past month a pupil tried to persuade others not to talk to me11%11%
  • In the past month a pupil spread untrue rumours about me to hurt me13%12%
  • In the past month I was shut out by the others7%5%
  • When there is violence at school, the teachers know about it51%62%
  • The school does a lot to prevent violence and deal with it47%60%
  • At break there is always a teacher in the yard watching that there is no violence69%62%
  • Most teachers explain to each pupil personally exactly what to do to improve56%54%
  • When pupils struggle with the material, most teachers explain what they can do to understand it better55%64%
  • When teachers return work or a test, most write beside the answers what is right and what to improve50%55%
  • When a pupil does badly on a test, most teachers help them understand why47%51%
  • Most teachers make sure to tell me how I am doing51%55%
  • Most teachers check pupils understand before moving to the next topic51%57%
  • Most teachers explain the material clearly53%62%
  • Most of my teachers teach in a way that makes me understand52%60%
  • Most of my teachers know how to teach well56%64%
  • Most teachers teach in an interesting way that makes me want to listen and learn37%43%
  • Most teachers teach in a way that encourages me to think about the material37%44%
  • I feel curious about and interested in what I learn at school43%51%
  • What is taught at school gives me a lot of important knowledge58%68%
  • I am sure I can succeed even if the tasks are hard68%75%
  • What I learn at school helps me outside school hours too57%60%
  • I enjoy what I learn at school42%48%
  • Teachers point us to different ways of learning, such as research, observation and projects65%59%
  • Teachers assess our work by more than tests63%67%
  • Teachers encourage us to be active in learning, for example to ask questions and present work63%65%
  • In lessons, teachers connect the material to other topics, such as other subjects61%64%
  • Most teachers give us tasks to work on with other pupils59%61%
  • Pupils in my class work on different tasks on their own during lessons45%49%
  • When learning something new I try to organise it for myself, for example with headings or summaries50%56%
  • If I do not understand something, I ask someone for help67%74%
  • After learning something new I check whether I understood the main ideas52%57%
  • I often try to widen what I know about topics taught at school42%44%
  • The school encourages us to be tolerant of others, such as people with another language, a disability or another religion59%69%
  • The pupils in my class treat others who are different with respect54%67%
  • The teachers in my class treat others who are different with respect74%81%
  • The staff work to include all pupils in activities, whatever their origin, religion or disability75%78%
  • All pupils at our school fit in fully, whatever their origin, religion or disability66%70%
  • The school encourages pupils to show leadership, such as on a pupils' council61%68%
  • The school encourages pupils to join youth movements40%46%
  • The school encourages me to take an active part in civic life43%45%
  • The school encourages me to volunteer for the community46%52%
  • The school encourages me to take part in social involvement, such as mentoring42%54%

Pupils in grades 10 and 11, 2018

310 took part, 87% of the group.

  • A good general feeling about the school

    65%
  • Close, caring relations between teachers and pupils

    45%
  • Pupils behaving properly in class

    36%
  • Being part of violent incidents (lower is better)

    6%
  • The school's efforts to make pupils feel safe

    58%
  • Feedback from teachers that moves learning on

    56%
  • Teaching seen as interesting and clear

    44%
  • Confidence, curiosity and interest in learning

    48%
  • Ways of teaching, learning and assessing

    55%
  • Strategies for learning alone

    54%
  • The school's efforts for tolerance of others

    74%
  • The school's efforts for social and civic involvement

    48%

A good general feeling about the school

65%69%20142018
The 59 statements asked in 2018

The share who agreed, then all schools that year. Where a statement was turned round, more is still better.

  • I like being at school54%63%
  • I feel good at school69%72%
  • Even if I could, I would not move to another school70%72%
  • I have close, good relations with most of my teachers65%67%
  • When I am sad or feel bad, I am comfortable talking about it with one of my teachers23%31%
  • Most teachers care about me and what happens to me, not only about my studies48%41%
  • It matters to most teachers how I feel, at school and in general42%42%
  • Pupils rarely make noise and disorder in class and disturb learning23%29%
  • In my class no pupils are rude to teachers32%38%
  • The pupils in my class treat the teachers with respect63%60%
  • Teachers do not wait long at the start of a lesson for pupils to stop the noise28%33%
  • In the past month a pupil pushed me12%13%
  • In the past month a pupil hit, kicked or punched me7%7%
  • In the past month a pupil used an object to hurt me5%5%
  • In the past month a pupil beat me hard4%4%
  • In the past month a pupil threatened to hurt me, at school or after it5%5%
  • In the past month a pupil used threats to take money, food or valuables from me2%4%
  • In the past month a pupil tried to persuade others not to talk to me6%8%
  • In the past month a pupil spread untrue rumours about me to hurt me9%10%
  • In the past month I was shut out by the others5%5%
  • When there is violence at school, the teachers know about it57%60%
  • The school does a lot to prevent violence and deal with it44%48%
  • At break there is always a teacher in the yard watching that there is no violence73%54%
  • Most teachers explain to each pupil personally exactly what to do to improve58%50%
  • When pupils struggle with the material, most teachers explain what they can do to understand it better61%60%
  • When teachers return work or a test, most write beside the answers what is right and what to improve61%57%
  • When a pupil does badly on a test, most teachers help them understand why51%51%
  • Most teachers make sure to tell me how I am doing57%54%
  • Most teachers check pupils understand before moving to the next topic48%50%
  • Most teachers explain the material clearly55%59%
  • Most of my teachers teach in a way that makes me understand49%55%
  • Most of my teachers know how to teach well56%59%
  • Most teachers teach in an interesting way that makes me want to listen and learn31%39%
  • Most teachers teach in a way that encourages me to think about the material32%39%
  • I feel curious about and interested in what I learn at school43%46%
  • What is taught at school gives me a lot of important knowledge54%54%
  • I am sure I can succeed even if the tasks are hard70%73%
  • What I learn at school helps me outside school hours too39%46%
  • I enjoy what I learn at school36%44%
  • Teachers point us to different ways of learning, such as research, observation and projects55%54%
  • Teachers assess our work by more than tests58%55%
  • Teachers encourage us to be active in learning, for example to ask questions and present work62%58%
  • In lessons, teachers connect the material to other topics, such as other subjects58%58%
  • Most teachers give us tasks to work on with other pupils56%58%
  • Pupils in my class work on different tasks on their own during lessons39%44%
  • When learning something new I try to organise it for myself, for example with headings or summaries57%58%
  • If I do not understand something, I ask someone for help72%74%
  • After learning something new I check whether I understood the main ideas52%54%
  • I often try to widen what I know about topics taught at school35%41%
  • The school encourages us to be tolerant of others, such as people with another language, a disability or another religion64%68%
  • The pupils in my class treat others who are different with respect68%74%
  • The teachers in my class treat others who are different with respect83%82%
  • The staff work to include all pupils in activities, whatever their origin, religion or disability82%79%
  • All pupils at our school fit in fully, whatever their origin, religion or disability72%75%
  • The school encourages pupils to show leadership, such as on a pupils' council60%65%
  • The school encourages pupils to join youth movements34%48%
  • The school encourages me to take an active part in civic life42%46%
  • The school encourages me to volunteer for the community55%65%
  • The school encourages me to take part in social involvement, such as mentoring51%59%

Teachers of grades 1 to 9, 2015

23 took part, 79% of the group.

  • Teachers' satisfaction with the school

    65%
  • Parents as partners in the school

    57%
  • Developing the teaching staff

    56%

Teachers' satisfaction with the school

65%70%20082015
The 14 statements asked in 2015

The share who agreed, then all schools that year. Where a statement was turned round, more is still better.

  • I am satisfied with my work as a teacher87%91%
  • I do not feel tired of teaching70%67%
  • I do not feel my workload is too heavy4%25%
  • I am satisfied with how the school is run87%80%
  • The school does a lot to make it pleasant for pupils77%86%
  • The school does a lot to make it pleasant for teachers52%71%
  • The school tries to create conditions that let me succeed in my work78%70%
  • The school keeps parents up to date on what goes on in it59%86%
  • Parents get a listening ear at school for any question, problem or complaint57%83%
  • Parents are in regular touch with the class teacher about how their child is doing55%82%
  • Teachers consult parents on how to improve their child's progress59%65%
  • Since the start of the year I was given personal goals for my teaching67%52%
  • Since the start of the year a member of staff watched a lesson of mine to improve teaching74%53%
  • The principal took part in building my development plan for this year26%54%

Teachers of grades 10 and 11, 2018

45 took part, 85% of the group.

  • Teachers' satisfaction with the school

    64%
  • Parents as partners in the school

    68%
  • Teachers working together

    66%
  • Developing the teaching staff

    43%
  • Taking in and supporting new staff

    61%

Teachers' satisfaction with the school

64%71%20142018
The 27 statements asked in 2018

The share who agreed, then all schools that year. Where a statement was turned round, more is still better.

  • I am satisfied with my work as a teacher84%89%
  • I do not feel tired of teaching64%65%
  • I do not feel my workload is too heavy20%32%
  • I am satisfied with how the school is run76%80%
  • The school does a lot to make it pleasant for pupils81%87%
  • The school does a lot to make it pleasant for teachers64%75%
  • The school tries to create conditions that let me succeed in my work59%72%
  • The school keeps parents up to date on what goes on in it76%85%
  • Parents get a listening ear at school for any question, problem or complaint70%81%
  • Parents are in regular touch with the class teacher about how their child is doing82%76%
  • Teachers consult parents on how to improve their child's progress43%60%
  • Teachers share with colleagues what they learned on courses74%70%
  • Team meetings are written up and sent to all the teachers46%67%
  • Subject teams plan their tasks and tests together67%79%
  • Subject teachers share the plans and tools they developed74%80%
  • Teachers go over pupils' wrong answers together and think how to help60%69%
  • Teachers develop teaching materials together56%75%
  • Teachers share their doubts and difficulties in teaching78%86%
  • Teachers discuss the school's work plan for the subject together70%85%
  • Since the start of the year I was given personal goals for my teaching44%35%
  • Since the start of the year a member of staff watched a lesson of mine to improve teaching55%40%
  • The principal took part in building my development plan for this year29%46%
  • The school has an orderly way of taking in new teachers63%72%
  • The school has an orderly way of taking in new office holders57%67%
  • The school has an orderly way of supporting office holders, such as a year or subject coordinator57%67%
  • The school's management puts great weight on taking in new teachers well63%80%
  • Every trainee or new teacher has a trained mentor67%75%

It had 1,226 pupils in 2011 and 1,155 in 2015.

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The days off for this kind of school are on the school holiday calendar.

These are the questions people ask about this school.

What is the school number of ברנקו וייס מקיף בית שמש in Beit Shemesh?

It is 160432. The Ministry of Education's register gives every school a six-digit number, called semel mosad in Hebrew.

What kind of school is ברנקו וייס מקיף בית שמש?

Junior high and high school, State, Official, Boys and girls

What was the Meitzav score of ברנקו וייס מקיף בית שמש?

In 2015, grade 8 scored 456 in maths, against 532 across all schools.

How many pupils does ברנקו וייס מקיף בית שמש have?

It had 1,155 pupils in 2015, the newest count in the Ministry's table.

The register of schools is the Ministry of Education's, read on 2 November 2026. The Meitzav scores and the school climate surveys, from 2008 to 2020, are the National Authority for Measurement and Evaluation in Education's. The pupils, grades and year of founding are the Ministry's table for 2011 to 2015.

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