EMDAD RAHMANAbdulhadi Mamon, the Headteacher of London Islamic School (LIS), a Muslim Secondary school for Boys, situated at Esha’atul Islam Ford Square Masjid, Tower Hamlets, has been awarded the prestigious Association of Muslim School’s (AMS) ‘Headteacher of the year award 2010.’
Sponsored by Al-Furqan Trust, a prestigious gala conference was attended by more than 400 delegates, senior educationalists and trainers, held at Madani High School, Leicester.
The Association of Muslim School (AMS) is the UK Muslim Schools hub who work to support and develop excellence in UK Muslim Schools, they have over 100 national member schools so to achieve this award is great significance and importance to the school, pupils, borough and community at large. The awards were judged by a panel of senior Muslim educationalists including an Ofsted Inspector who followed four critical points; one, how the school meets the governments Every Child Matters (ECM) agenda; two, the most recent Ofsted inspection report; three, contextual value added on pupils within the Headteachers tenure and four, progressive improvements in GCSE and SATs results. Mamon excelled vastly in all four contexts. It was noted that despite a lack of resources available in the school, facility constraints and restricted decision making powers, the development of the school was immense within a short five year tenure as Headteacher.
AMS UK said ‘Our judging panel deemed that Brother Abdulhadi made an exemplary contribution to the improvement of outcomes for learners. We had a good number of nominations for this award from many schools where the headteachers have transformed the governance, spirituality and achievements of the schools, having a direct impact on the learning of individual children. Brother Abdulhadi stood out in particular and the award is richly deserved May Allah Almighty accept his efforts.’
Mamon who took up the role in 2005 was overwhelmed by this and said ‘All praise is due to Allah who has honoured me with this and it is only by His will and infinite mercy that I was selected to receive this prestigious award.
‘I personally feel I do not deserve this and that there are other Muslim Headteachers all around the UK who work tirelessly seeking the pleasure of Allah and doing what the can for their schools and faith, so I accept this award on behalf of all of them. I would like to thank the board of education, LIS staff, parents, my beloved students and my wife for their support, encouragement and patience over the years for they are the true award winners.
‘Lastly I pray this is motivation for us to continue our hard work and for Allah to accept our intentions and efforts.’
The Principal Mawlana Thohur Uddin who is one of the founders of the school and part of the executive committee of the Masjid said ‘I would like to firstly congratulate Abdulhadi Mamon for this achievement. Secondly, this award has been a result of the duas of our staff, pupils, parents, board of education, executive committee and public and I would like to personally thank everyone for this’.
London Islamic School is continually growing and is now going through an expansion project of the school which is currently in the consultation and initial drawing phase after obtaining access to a new section on the 1st floor and 2nd floor. The Management request your duas that this is a success.
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