Al Islamia Institute For Education

Al-Islamia Institute is an independent Islamic day school for boys and girls aged 3 to 11 years. The school is registered for 101 pupils.

Currently, there are over 80 full-time pupils on roll. In 2008, the school added an Early Years Foundation Stage, separately registered with Ofsted. . Currently there are over 10 part-time pupils in the Early Years Foundation Stage; all are in receipt of government funding. The school requested that the school be re-registered as a primary school and admit up to 141 pupils from the ages of 3 to 11 years. This request was considered as part of this inspection. Al-Islamia Institute is located in the city of Leicester. It is a non-profit-making organisation and a registered charity. All the families that send their children to the school are practising Muslims. These families are mainly of British Indian, Bangladeshi and Black African heritage, although there are an increasing number of pupils from other backgrounds. No pupil has a statement of special educational needs and all pupils speak English as an additional language. The school aims ‘to provide a full and interesting curriculum whilst safeguarding their Imaan (Islamic faith) by instilling Islamic morals and etiquettes in them as they acquire their education’. The school registered under its new name in August 2007 and it was last inspected in 2008.