{{Short description|Islamic primary school in London, England, United Kingdom}} {{Use British English|date=February 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}} {{Infobox school | name = Islamia Primary School | image = | image_size = | caption = | coordinates = {{coord|51.5395|-0.2082|type:edu_region:GB_dim:100|format=dec|display=inline,title}} | motto = | established = October 1983 | closed = | type = Voluntary aided school | religious_affiliation = Islam | president = | head_label = Head teacher | head = Shiraz Khan | r_head_label = | r_head = | chair_label = Chairman | chair = Sofia Moussaui | founder = Yusuf Islam | address = 129 Salusbury Road | city = Queen's Park | county = London | country = England | postal_code = NW6 6PE | local_authority = Brent | urn = 101574 | ofsted = yes | staff = | capacity = | enrolment = <!-- {{As of|YYYY|MM|lc=on}} --> | gender = Coeducational | lower_age = 4 | upper_age = 11 | houses = | colours = | publication = | free_label1 = | free_text1 = | free_label2 = | free_text2 = | free_label3 = | free_text3 = | website = https://islamia.brent.sch.uk }} '''Islamia Primary School''' is a voluntary aided primary, Islamic faith school in Queen's Park, London, England.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.brent.gov.uk/services-for-residents/family-and-schools/schools/school-finder/islamia-primary-school/ |title=Islamia Primary School |publisher=Brent London Borough Council |year=2013 |access-date=19 May 2014}}</ref> It is located in the London Borough of Brent.
==History== Islamia Primary School was founded in October 1983 by Yusuf Islam, the singer/songwriter who was known as Cat Stevens until his conversion to Islam in 1978.<ref name="IPS">{{cite web|url=http://islamiaprimary.org.uk/content/view/84|title=Islamia Primary School :: History|publisher=Islamia Primary School|access-date=18 May 2014|url-status = dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140518040958/http://islamiaprimary.org.uk/content/view/84|archive-date=18 May 2014}}</ref> In 1998, the school was the first Muslim school in Britain to be granted public funding by the Government.<ref name="NBC News">{{cite news |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/11729800/ns/world_news-islam_in_europe/t/creating-british-muslim-culture-kids/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519041621/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/11729800/ns/world_news-islam_in_europe/t/creating-british-muslim-culture-kids/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 May 2014 |title='Creating a British Muslim culture' for kids. |date=3 October 2006 |publisher=NBC News |first=Jennifer |last=Carlile |access-date=19 May 2014}}</ref> This funding was secured after a campaign of thirteen years and several rejections of their applications for voluntary state aid.<ref name="Ind April 1993">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/where-koran-and-calculators-sit-side-by-side-if-islamia-school-is-not-given-state-aid-it-may-have-to-close-john-patten-must-decide-reports-diana-hinds-1453326.html|title=Where Koran and calculators sit side by side: If Islamia School is not given state aid, it may have to close. John Patten must decide, reports Diana Hinds|last=Hinds|first=Diana|date=4 April 1993|work=The Independent|access-date=18 May 2014}}</ref>
Prince Charles visited to officially inaugurate the school's voluntary aided status on 10 May 2000.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wSvIAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA73 |title=When Islam and Democracy Meet: Muslims in Europe and in the United States |last=Cesari |first=Jocelyne |date=10 December 2004 |page=73 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |isbn=9781403978561 |access-date=22 May 2014}}</ref> He praised their approach of providing both secular and religious education.<ref name="beeb">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/743894.stm|title=Prince goes pop to praise school|date=10 May 2000|publisher=BBC|access-date=18 May 2014}}</ref>
The school applied, in September 2010, for permission to construct an £8 million extension including a new two-storey building. It would be funded jointly by Brent Council, the school and the government.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/education/brent_school_s_8m_expansion_1_657148 |title=Brent school's £8m expansion |date=27 September 2010 |work=Eastern Daily Press |first=Kate |last=Ferguson |access-date=21 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521220933/http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/education/brent_school_s_8m_expansion_1_657148 |archive-date=21 May 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The scheme, designed by Marks Barfield, was granted planning permission in December 2010 but has proved controversial with residents groups threatening to take legal action to stop it.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/residents-fight-marks-barfields-islamia-primary-school/5011575.article |title=Residents fight Marks Barfield's Islamia Primary school |date=14 January 2011 |work=BDOnline |first=David |last=Rogers |access-date=21 May 2014}}</ref> Brent Council announced, in November 2013, that the development had been included in Phase 3 of their Permanent Primary School Expansion project.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://democracy.brent.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?AIId=10979 |title=School Expansion Programme – Phase 2 Permanent Primary School Expansion Works Contract, Preston Manor and Portfolio Update |date=13 November 2013 |work=Brent London Borough Council |first=Cheryl |last=Painting |access-date=21 May 2014}}</ref>
==Academic education== The school is two form entry with approximately 420 pupils aged between the ages of 4 and 11. The school was intended to have 10% non-Muslim pupils.<ref name="NBC News"/> It has 210 official places and 3,500 pupils on the waiting list.<ref name="NBC News"/> Islamia follows the national curriculum supplemented with classes on religion and studies of the Arabic language.<ref name="salatomatic">{{cite web|url=http://www.salatomatic.com/d/London+3774+Islamia-Primary-School|title=Islamia Primary School in London, Greater London|publisher=salatomatic.com|access-date=18 May 2014|archive-date=18 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518101217/http://www.salatomatic.com/d/London+3774+Islamia-Primary-School|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The Ofsted inspection on 2013 rated the school as "Good", point 2 on a four-point scale.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/filedownloading/?id=2197237&type=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519022438/http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/filedownloading/?id=2197237&type=1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 May 2014 |title=Islamia Primary School |publisher=Ofsted |date=11 March 2013 |access-date=19 May 2014 }}</ref> Ofsted reported positively on the school community, and the way that the children were engaged in their learning.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.kilburntimes.co.uk/news/primary_school_in_queen_s_park_celebrating_after_improved_ofsted_rating_1_1987254 |title=Primary school in Queen's Park celebrating after improved Ofsted rating |work=Kilburn Times |last=Walters |first=Max |date=21 March 2013 |access-date=19 May 2014 |archive-date=19 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519025021/http://www.kilburntimes.co.uk/news/primary_school_in_queen_s_park_celebrating_after_improved_ofsted_rating_1_1987254 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2022 the Ofsted inspection marked the school as "Inadequate."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-16 |title=Best and worst schools in Brent according to Ofsted |url=https://www.kilburntimes.co.uk/news/23387141.ofsted-brents-best-worst-rated-secondary-schools/ |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=Brent & Kilburn Times |language=en}}</ref>
In 2013, the school won the Global Peace and Unity Education Award for Excellence, for UK primary schools.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://islamiaprimary.org.uk/uploads/news/PRESS_RELEASE_2nd_Dec_2013.pdf |title=Islamia Primary School Wins Education Award for Excellence |publisher=Islamia Primary School |date=2 December 2013 |access-date=19 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519222205/http://islamiaprimary.org.uk/uploads/news/PRESS_RELEASE_2nd_Dec_2013.pdf |archive-date=19 May 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Linked schools== The Islamia Branch consists of three schools; the primary school, Islamia Girls High School, and the boys' school, Brondesbury College.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}
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==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.islamiaprimary.org.uk/}}
{{Schools and colleges in Brent}} {{Islamic schools in the United Kingdom}}
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Category:1983 establishments in England Category:Educational institutions established in 1983 Category:Primary schools in the London Borough of Brent Category:Islamic schools in London Category:Voluntary aided schools in London