Al-Sadiq School

Al-Sadiq’s defining feature is the route it creates between primary and secondary education. Founded by the Al-Khoei Foundation in 1989, it admits girls and boys in Reception, then keeps boys through Year 11 while girls transfer to Al-Zahra School from Year 4. That arrangement gives the wider ASAZS community a carefully defined pattern of co-education followed by separate pathways.

The educational purpose joins academic ambition with Shia Muslim faith. Excellence, God-consciousness, service, honesty, integrity, compassion, mutual respect and responsibility shape the school’s values, while the teachings of the Ahlulbayt and the Quran form part of the daily setting. The ethos is therefore not an add-on to the academic route; it shapes the kind of conduct and community the school seeks to develop.

Entry depends on vacancies, previous school reports and assessment. Primary applicants sit English and mathematics, secondary applicants also sit science, and the process ends with an interview with the headteacher. Secondary extra-curricular provision was extremely limited in February 2025, an important qualification alongside the academic and faith-based programme.

The Al-Zahra transfer route is central to understanding Al-Sadiq. Girls move into a separate continuation from Year 4, while boys remain in the secondary school through Year 11. Alongside its foundation history and religious character, that structure makes Al-Sadiq a distinctive institution within Brent and a very specific educational choice for families seeking this form of progression.