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Competition

Hifdhul Qur’an Competition 2026-27

An online Qur’an memorisation competition for ages 7 to 16. FREE to enter, and open to children who are not at Al-Hikmah too.

Entries open in

26days00hours00minutes
  1. 1st£30
  2. 2nd£20
  3. 3rd£10

Prizes in each categoryPrimary and Secondary are judged separately, and every participant receives a digital certificate.

  1. Video entries open
  2. Last day for entries
  3. Live final on Zoom

Latest news

Stories from our classes, clubs and community.

  • School news

    Cybersecurity Awareness Training

    A school-wide online safety initiative led by Sister Noha Ali, who holds an MSc in Computer Engineering with a focus on cybersecurity and AI. Parents joined a shared session with our teachers, Secondary pupils had their own session, and Primary pupils learned in assembly.

  • School news

    A new school year begins

    The autumn term began on Monday 7 September, with students joining live lessons from around the world.

  • Parents

    Parent induction 2026-27

    Families joined our Head Teacher online to begin the new school year together.

  • Clubs

    Clay, drawing and crochet

    The Years 5 to 7 girls carried on with their projects, sharing tips on drying clay quickly and combining colours.

  • Clubs

    Cheesecake club

    The Years 8 to 11 girls made no-bake strawberry cheesecakes together, swapping in mango and date syrup where they needed to.

  • Clubs

    Clay week

    Years 5 to 7 girls worked on clay models in small groups, and made their own clay from flour where there was none at home.

  • Clubs

    A club that gets you moving

    The first Years 8 to 11 girls’ club was a home exercise session: running, stretching and plenty of cheerful conversation.

  • Clubs

    Gears, inventions and al-Jazari

    The Years 5 to 7 girls’ first club explored gears and mechanics through the inventions of the Muslim engineer al-Jazari, then split into art and crochet groups.

  • Clubs

    Painting autumn

    Years 1 to 4 learned the colour wheel, mixed their own colours and painted autumn leaf landscapes in watercolour.

  • Competitions

    Art Competition 2025-26

    Students in every year group took part on the theme “The Beauty of Allah’s Creation”. Every entry is now in our online exhibition.

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  • Competitions

    Hifdhul Qur’an Competition 2025-26

    Three finalists in each category, Primary and Secondary, recited live in our online final in Ramadan, and every participant received a certificate.

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  • Competitions

    International Qur’an Competition 2022-23

    An online event with talks from our students, a guest talk from the founders of HomeschoolQueens, and the announcement of the finalists.

    Read more

Our competitions

Every competition by school year, with our winners, Allahumma barik.

Registration open

Hifdhul Qur’an Competition 2026-27

Open now. The prizes, dates and how to enter are at the top of this page.

Term dates and holidays

Every date for 2026-27 is in the academic calendar, which we keep up to date.

Next up

Autumn term ends

Thursday 17 December

See the academic calendar
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