Assalamu alaikum,
I am delighted that you are considering Lady Nafisa School for your daughter.
The transition from Primary to Secondary is undoubtedly marked by a mixture of excitement and apprehension. It is our first priority to ensure students settle in quickly and feel at ease in their new school environment. We appreciate that students have different educational backgrounds and some may well be exposed to a subject for the first time. However, my team and I will support and encourage all of our students to ensure that they are not overwhelmed and achieve their full potential.
We have carefully designed a curriculum that aims to cater for the spiritual, intellectual and worldly needs of the student. To this end, we have placed a strong emphasis on the study of the Arabic language; the spiritual and worldly advantages of which are obvious. Moreover, the Arabic language is a wonderful vehicle for sharpening the intellectual powers and connecting the aspiring student to their Islamic heritage: it functions in much the same way as Greek and Latin did in the Liberal education once afforded children in this country. Accordingly, students will throughout the course of their time, be exposed to Arabic on a daily basis. By immersing the students in this noblest of tongues, we hope to instil in them that love for the language that attends all those who truly live it.
We have also created an integrated Islamic Studies curriculum whereby students take modules in Islamic disciplines like Seerah, ulum al Quran, hadith, fiqh, and so on and after 5 years of intensive study they graduate with an Islamic Studies Diploma.
Here at LNS we aim to produce balanced, confident and open-minded young British-Muslim women. Moreover we hope to provide them with an understanding of Islam that prepares them to excel in higher education and contribute to the wider world.
Success is from God alone.
Wa hamduillah
Mrs. Fouzia Butt,
Headteacher
Fouzia Butt completed her BA in Arabic at SOAS in 2003. During her degree, she spent a year abroad in Damascus, Syria studying Arabic and Tajweed. She earned her ijaza (certification) in Tajweed in 2002 from the late Shaykh Hassan al Kurdi. After her degree, she returned to Damascus to study Arabic. For the last 15 years she has been working in the field of education, completing her GTP in primary education in 2005 and NPQH in 2018. She has a particular interest in alternative educational models and has completed a diploma in Montessori education and several short courses in Steiner Education.