Rabia School

Rabia School
Established	1996
Type	Independent school
Religion	Muslim
Headmaster	Mr M Akbar
Location	Portland Road Luton Bedfordshire LU4 8AX England Coordinates: 51°53′13″N 0°26′28″W / 51.887°N 0.441°W / 51.887; -0.441
DfE number	821/6001
DfE URN	130331 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Gender	Girls/Boys (taught separately)
Ages	2–19
Website	Rabia Education Trust

Rabia School is an independent Islamic faith school located in Luton, Bedfordshire, England. The school is owned and operated by a charitable trust (Rabia Education Trust).^[1] It is the only Islamic school to offer secondary and sixth form education in Bedfordshire.

History

Rabia School was established in January 1996 as a girls school with only seven pupils of primary age on the school register in a residential building. In October 2005 the school expanded by acquiring new, bigger premises for a boys school. Today the school is a full-time primary and secondary independent school for girls and boys aged 5-16 years. Additionally, the school site also now incorporates a nursery school for children aged 2-5 and a sixth form centre offering A level courses for students aged 16+.

An Ofsted inspection in May 2014 rated the school as 'inadequate' and a monitoring inspection in January 2015 found that the school was still not meeting independent school standards. The inspections found that teaching was inadequate, and was undermining British values because of restricted educational opportunities for girls. The school has since claimed that it is addressing the issues highlighted in the inspections.^[2] However the school previously criticised the 2014 inspection report as being “strongly politically and media led...especially with the recent fallout of the alleged Trojan Horse inquiry in Birmingham”.^[3]

The school today

Girls and boys attending the school are taught separately in different buildings. The school claims to offers a mainstream education, but also has courses and subjects tailored to the Islamic faith. Special courses include Arabic, Urdu, as well as Aalim courses, and the chance for some pupils to memorise the whole of the Quran.

References

↑ "Rabia School - Luton". rabiaschool.uk.
↑ "Luton Rabia School 'undermining British values' in treatment of girls". BBC News.
↑ "Islamic faith school slammed for limiting girls to ‘knitting and sewing’". lutontoday.co.uk.

External links

Rabia Education Trust website

Schools in Bedfordshire¹

Middle	Alban Ashton Beauchamp Etonbury Goldington Harrold St Gregory's RC Westfield

Secondary	All Saints Academy Ashcroft High School Bedford Academy Bedford Free School Biddenham International School Cardinal Newman RC School Castle Newnham School Cedars Upper School The Chalk Hills Academy Challney High School for Boys Challney High School for Girls Denbigh High School Harlington Upper School Hastingsbury Upper School Houghton Regis Academy Icknield High School Lealands High School Lea Manor High School Manshead School Mark Rutherford School Putteridge High School Queensbury Academy Redborne Upper School St Thomas More RC School Samuel Whitbread Academy Sandy Upper School Sharnbrook Upper School Stockwood Park Academy Stopsley High School Stratton Upper School The Studio School Luton UTC Central Bedfordshire Vandyke Upper School Wootton Upper School

Independent	Bedford Girls' School Bedford Modern School Bedford Preparatory School Bedford School Rabia School Rushmoor School St Andrew's School

Special	The Chiltern School Grange Academy Ivel Valley School Oak Bank School Ridgeway School St John's School Weatherfield Academy Woodlands Secondary School

Sixth form and FE colleges	Barnfield College Bedford College Central Bedfordshire College Kimberley College Luton Sixth Form College Shuttleworth College Stella Mann College

Former	Bedford High School Dame Alice Harpur School Dunstable Grammar School

¹includes schools in Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Luton.

The town of Luton in Bedfordshire, England

Places within Luton	Barnfield Biscot Bramingham Bury Park Bushmead Butterfield Green Capability Green Challney Crawley Green Farley Hill Dallow High Town, Luton Hockwell Ring Icknield Leagrave Lewsey Limbury-cum-Biscot Marsh Farm New Town Northwell Putteridge Round Green Saints South ward Stopsley Sundon Park Warden Hills Wigmore

Amenities	Kenilworth Road (stadium) Luton Museum The Mall Luton Stockwood Discovery Centre Stockwood Park Wardown Park Waulud's Bank

Education	Ashcroft High School Barnfield College University of Bedfordshire Cardinal Newman RC School The Chalk Hills Academy Challney High School for Boys Challney High School for Girls Denbigh High School Icknield High School Lea Manor High School Lealands High School Luton Sixth Form College Putteridge High School Rabia School Stockwood Park Academy Stopsley High School The Studio School Luton Woodlands Secondary School

Media	BBC 3 Counties Radio Heart 97.6

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