| Islamia Primary School | |
| Coordinates: | 51.5395°N -0.2082°W |
| Pushpin Map: | United_Kingdom London_Brent#London#England#United Kingdom |
| Established: | October 1983 |
| Type: | Voluntary aided school |
| Religious Affiliation: | Islam |
| Head Label: | Head teacher |
| Head: | Shiraz Khan |
| Chair Label: | Chairman |
| Chair: | Sofia Moussaui |
| Founder: | Yusuf Islam |
| Address: | 129 Salusbury Road |
| City: | Queen's Park |
| County: | London |
| Country: | England |
| Postcode: | NW6 6PE |
| Local Authority: | Brent |
| Dfeno: | 304/5949 |
| Urn: | 101574 |
| Ofsted: | yes |
| Gender: | Coeducational |
| Lower Age: | 4 |
| Upper Age: | 11 |
| Website: | https://islamia.brent.sch.uk |
Islamia Primary School is a voluntary aided primary, Islamic faith school in Queen's Park, London, England.[1] It is located in the London Borough of Brent.
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.[2] In 1998, the school was the first Muslim school in Britain to be granted public funding by the Government.[3] This funding was secured after a campaign of thirteen years and several rejections of their applications for voluntary state aid.[4]
Prince Charles visited to officially inaugurate the school's voluntary aided status on 10 May 2000.[5] He praised their approach of providing both secular and religious education.[6]
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.[7] 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.[8] Brent Council announced, in November 2013, that the development had been included in Phase 3 of their Permanent Primary School Expansion project.[9]
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.[3] It has just 210 official places and 3,500 pupils on the waiting list.[3] Islamia follows the national curriculum supplemented with classes on religion and studies of the Arabic language.[10]
The Ofsted inspection on 2013 rated the school as "Good", point 2 on a four-point scale.[11] Ofsted reported positively on the school community, and the way that the children were engaged in their learning.[12] However, in 2022, the Ofsdted inspection marked the school as "Inadequate."[13]
In 2013, the school won the Global Peace and Unity Education Award for Excellence, for UK primary schools.[14]
The Islamia Branch consists of three schools; the primary school, Islamia Girls High School, and the boys' school, Brondesbury College.