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We teach so that learning lasts.

Himaayah Schools is a school for students who want a real relationship with the Qur'an, strong academics, and the discipline to carry both through life.

Plenty of places can help a student finish something. We care whether it is still there in ten years: the surahs, the habits, the character.

Our story

One academy. Four programmes. One standard.

Himaayah is two years old, and every year we have deepened what we teach. Today we run four programmes under one roof, for students who want the Qur'an and Islamic knowledge, top exam results, practical skills, or all three.

Behind every class is the same promise: taught properly, and paced to the student in front of us. A student is never rushed past what they have not yet learned, and never held back from what they are ready for.

Our approach

What we believe about teaching.

Taught properly, paced to the student

Groups move at a shared pace and one-on-one classes move at the student's. Either way, nobody is rushed past what they have not yet learned.

Structure beats good intentions

Daily tasks, a reading club, brainstorming sessions, daily CBT quizzes. Our students don't hope to be ready. The week is built to make them ready.

Faith and academics belong together

In the Teenagers Building Circle, deen, educational development, skills and personal development are all touched every week, not one this term and one the next.

Teachers who stay

Every class has a dedicated teacher, and progress is tracked class by class, surah by surah, with tests and exams, so a student always knows where they stand.

"It gave me teachers that stood by me despite my failures, and friends who are now dear to my heart."

Hafsah, scored 299 in UTME

90%UTME success rate
98%scored 200+ in UTME
4classes a week in the Madrasah
4programmes, one standard

UTME figures are from our Academy programme.

The journey

How a student's journey works.

The details differ by programme, but the shape is the same.

Start where they actually are

Every student begins with an assessment or placement conversation, so the class fits them and not the other way round.

Learn live, with a dedicated teacher

Four classes a week in the Madrasah, live weekly sessions in the Circle, and structured tutorials in the Academy.

Revise by design

Murajaah is built into the schedule, so what is memorised stays memorised between sessions.

Be tested honestly

Regular tests and exams, timed practice, and CBT quizzes that match the real exam format.

See progress clearly, then move up

From Rawdah to Iʿdādiyyah in the Madrasah, from first mock to admission in the Academy. Every step is visible.

Our name

Why "Himaayah"?

Himāyah (حماية) is the Arabic word for protection, and our crest is a shield. It is the standard we hold ourselves to: protecting a student's faith, their focus, and their future, while we help them grow into someone who can lead.

Our anthem

The Himaayah anthem.

Two minutes of what we stand for. Press play and listen.

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The words

  1. أَيَا طَالِبَ العِلْمِ يَا ذَا المَعَالِيأَيَا طَالِبَ الحَقِّ طُولَ اللَّيَالِي

    O seeker of knowledge, you of high aims; O seeker of truth through the long nights,

  2. وَيَا رَاغِبًا فِي صَفَاءِ الجِنَانِوَفِي شَرْعِ ذِي الكَوْنِ رَبِّ الكَمَالِ

    you who long for the purity of Paradise, and for the law of the Lord of all creation, the Lord of perfection:

  3. أَتَانَا بِعَوْنِ الإِلَٰهِ الكَرِيمِسَفِينُ السَّعَادَةِ كَنْزُ اللَّآلِي

    by the help of God, the Most Generous, a ship of happiness has come to us, a treasure of pearls,

  4. لِحِفْظِ الشَّرِيعَةِ وَالدِّينِ وَالْــعُلُومِ الإِلَٰهِي عَنْ كُلِّ غَالِ

    to guard the Sharīʿah, the religion and the sacred sciences from every extremist.

  5. وَذَلِكَ مَعْهَدُنَا ذُو الجَمَالِلِتَدْرِيسِ حَقٍّ وَدَفْعِ الضَّلَالِ

    That is our school, full of beauty, teaching the truth and pushing back misguidance.

  6. بِنَهْجِ الكِتَابِ وَقَوْلِ الرَّسُولِوَخَيْرِ القُرُونِ اغْتَنِمْنَا المَعَالِي

    On the way of the Book, the words of the Messenger and the best generations, we have taken hold of the heights.

  7. فَيَا رَبَّنَا كُنْ لَنَا سَرْمَدًامُعِينًا نَصِيرًا بِحَقِّ الجَلَالِ

    So, our Lord, be for us always a helper and a supporter, by Your majesty.

  8. وَبَارِكْ لَنَا دَائِمًا فِي العُلُومِوَأَحْسِنْ بِنَا اللَّهُ فِي كُلِّ حَالِ

    Bless us always in our learning, and be good to us, O Allah, in every state.

  9. وَصَلِّ عَلَى أَحْمَدَ المُصْطَفَىمَدَى يَكْمُلُ البَدْرُ بَعْدَ الهِلَالِ

    And send blessings upon Ahmad, the Chosen One, for as long as the full moon follows the crescent.

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