Al-Sadiq School, London
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 7 years agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
The school excels at creating a welcoming, inclusive environment where pupils from different backgrounds thrive and develop confidence. Teachers deliver good quality lessons that help pupils make strong progress. The school is a real community leader, working with different faith groups and helping pupils understand and respect diverse viewpoints.
Key Strengths
- Good teaching and strong pupil progress, with students well-prepared for their next stage of education
- Excellent work promoting mutual understanding and respect with community and faith groups, including award-winning interfaith initiatives
- Confident and mature pupils from different backgrounds who get on well together and take pride in their school
- Strong religious ethos that creates a clear sense of community
- Pupils actively engaged in democracy through school councils and local community involvement
Areas for Improvement
- Critical safeguarding failures including inadequate staff recruitment, missing references, and failure to check prohibition orders
- Safeguarding policy lacks provisions for allegations against leadership and does not address key risks like radicalisation and forced marriage
- Member responsible for child protection lacks appropriate training and knowledge of local procedures
- Inconsistent procedures for recording and responding to pupil absences
- Early years provision inadequate with gaps in curriculum coverage and lack of differentiated activities
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is not effective - the school has serious failures including staff employed without adequate references, failure to check prohibition orders, untrained child protection lead, and incomplete safeguarding policy that does not cover radicalisation or forced marriage risks.
Extracurricular Activities
School councils, sponsored walks for charity, interfaith visits to places of worship, Islamic art exhibitions, leadership training with London Citizens, fundraising activities
Al-Sadiq and Al-Zahra Schools is an Islamic faith school in London that is rated inadequate overall due to serious safeguarding failures, including inadequate staff recruitment procedures and insufficient child protection arrangements. However, the school demonstrates good teaching quality and pupil achievement.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
0.0
Avg class size
0
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
37%
Available places
130 pupils
350 capacity
220 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - London
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Admissions Demand - Brent
Places available
3,572
Applications
3,350
Got 1st preference
73.2%
Got preferred school
94.1%
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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Al-Sadiq School
Islamia Primary School
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