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Madani Schools Federation

Field	Value
name	Madani Schools Federation
coordinates
type	Voluntary aided school
religious_affiliation	Islam
head_label	Headteacher
head	Riyaz Laher
founder	LIA Trust
address	77 Evington Valley Road
city	Leicester
county	Leicestershire
country	England
postcode	LE5 5LL
local_authority	Leicester
enrolment	900
gender	Coeducational
lower_age	11
upper_age	16
colours	grey, pink, black
website	http://www.madani.leicester.sch.uk

Madani Schools Federation is a Muslim secondary school in Leicester, England. Based in the Evington neighbourhood, Madani Schools Federation caters for the city's Muslim population, with 450 places for boys and girls each. The building itself, designed by Leicester firm Pick Everard with an Islamic design including an Arabic-style courtyard. There is also an associated community centre and madrassa.

The school has also won architectural awards including the Community Benefit award in the regional finals of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors awards in May 2008 and competed in the international finals in the autumn. It is the first state funded Muslim school in the East-Midlands, as 90% of the £18m came from the government, with the Muslim community in Leicester raising the rest. The school has received much press attention as a Muslim secondary school where it is held up as a model for faith schools.

Concerns and criticism

There has been controversy when it was announced that non-Muslim girls would be required to wear the hijab.

The school was criticised after backtracking on an earlier commitments that it would take 10% of its intake from a non-Muslim background. The Headteacher now states that this will only happen once demand from the Muslim community is met. This is in part because in its first year the school received no applications from non-Muslim families.

The school's strict gender segregation policies have also been criticised. The school is divided into two separate wings, one for boys and the other for girls, connected by a central foyer. Boys are taught by male and female staff and girls are only taught by female staff. The school has separate staff rooms for male and female staff and separate dining rooms for boys and girls.

References

(March 2020). "High School Hopes".
[https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/leicestershire/7028147.stm Multi Faith schools] BBC report October 2007
(May 2018). "The Times & The Sunday Times".
(14 October 2006). "New policy at Madani High School requires non-Muslim girls to wear hijabs". Wikinews.
"And How Does Madani High School Fit The Community Cohesion Agenda? | National Secular Society". Secularism.org.uk.
Islamic School Criticised. ["Leicester - Faith - Islamic School Criticised"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/leicester/content/articles/2007/10/03/islamic_school_feature.shtml). *BBC*.
(12 April 2014). "Divided by faith: inside the segregated Madani schools".

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