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Aims and Objectives

At Al-Ashraf Secondary School for Girls, we aim to:

  • Provide high quality secular and Islamic education, which is broad, balanced and confirms to the requirements of the National Curriculum.
  • Provide a safe, warm, caring, rich and rewarding environment, necessary for the academic and personal development of pupils.
  • Build Pupils ' confidence and resilience while providing opportunities for life in modern Britain.
  • Develop pupils to become responsible, respectful and active citizens who are able to play their part and become actively involved in public life as adults.
  • Prepare pupils for their adult lives, teaching them to understand how to engage with society and providing them with plentiful opportunities to do so.
  • To develop the whole personality of pupils including promoting positive Islamic values of tolerance all faiths and communities.
  • Providing opportunity for each pupil to develop and reach their full academic and spiritual potential through the teachings and practice of Islam and to develop confidence in their identity as young Muslims committed to the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.
  • Support the acquisition of general knowledge and skills, so to enhance personal growth and confidence.
  • To promote dignity of each student by teaching self-respect, respect for staff, parents, elders and others, through the development of personal responsibility.
  • Enable pupils to recognise online and offline risks to their well-being – for example from criminal and sexual exploitation, domestic abuse, female genital mutilation, forced marriage, substance misuse, gang activity, radicalisation and extremism – and making them aware of the support available to them.
  • Develop pupils’ age-appropriate understanding of healthy relationships through appropriate relationships and sex education.
  • Aid and assist each pupil to comprehend the complexity of the world in which they live and that their own well-being is closely connected to the well-being of others.
  • Ensure they enjoy their life at school, and develop a love for learning and the strong desire to continue their education as a lifetime experience.
  • Develop pupils’ understanding of how to keep physically healthy, eat healthily and maintain an active lifestyle, including giving ample opportunities for pupils to be active during the school day and through extra-curricular activities
  • Provide an effective careers programme.
  • Promote a moral attitude to life through conscientious awareness (Taqwa) and practise of divine guidance in all their affairs and transactions.

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