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{{Infobox school
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The school was established by the Al-Hijrah Trust, a charitable organisation that was formed in Birmingham by a group of Muslims led by Mohammad Abdul Karim Saqib, on 17 July 1988. The school started in [[Birmingham Central Mosque]], operating in three rented rooms. In 1990, the school moved to new premises at Midland House in [[Small Heath, Birmingham|Small Heath]] and, throughout the 1990s, the school continued to grow. In 1997, the Trust acquired the former Cherrywood Grammar School in Bordesley Green premises from the Birmingham Local Education Authority. The purpose-built school building was constructed in 1912 and housed the grammar school, which eventually became a comprehensive school until the buildings were closed in 1994.
The building remained empty until it was purchased and an extensive renovation programme funded by the Trust commenced. The new school buildings were opened to pupils on 1 September 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alhijrahschool.co.uk/vision_history.php |title=History of Al-Hijrah |publisher=Al-Hijrah |
The school continued to grow and exceeding its sponsorship target of £30,000 in 2008 for small schools, receiving £58,000. Due to the success of the school, new premises were considered to allow the school to expand.<ref name="sotw" />
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In December 2013 Al-Hijrah School was rated "inadequate" and placed in [[special measures]] by [[Ofsted]].<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-27574922 Police 'could be sent' into failing Birmingham school], 26 May 2014</ref><ref name="dtmar">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationopinion/10700041/Muslim-extremists-and-a-worrying-lesson-for-us-all.html "Muslim extremists, and a worrying lesson for us all"], 16 Mar 2014</ref> Amid what Ofsted called “too heavy involvement” by governors in the day-to-day running of the school, it had gone through three head teachers in the 18 months to March 2014.<ref name="dtmar"/> Soon after this [[Birmingham City Council]] replaced the governors of the school with an interim executive board. The council has stated that the governing body had created a considerable budget deficit.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-27715067 "Al-Hijrah School: Council 'blew budget on mobile classrooms' claim"], 5 Jun 2014</ref> In December 2014 Birmingham City Council announced that it was investigating claims that state-funding for Al-Hijrah School was diverted to set up a school in Pakistan.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-30286471 "Birmingham trust 'set up Pakistan school with public cash'"], 1 Dec 2014</ref>
In September 2016, the school was at the centre of a legal battle over alleged sex discrimination and sought to prevent publication of an Ofsted report that criticised the school for its policy of [[Sex segregation|separating boys and girls]] at the school.<ref name="BBC27916">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/education-37485573|title=School seeks to block critical Ofsted report|date=27 September 2016|work=BBC News|
In 2019, Ofsted reported that gender segregation in the school was significant and ongoing, including requiring girls to wait to eat until "all the boys had finished."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-47090045|title='Boys eat lunch first' at faith school|date=2019-02-01|access-date=2019-10-20|language=en-GB}}</ref>
The school closed on 31 August 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/133306|title=Get information about schools|date=31 August 2019|website=gov.uk
==Pupils==
The 285 pupils were split into separate male and female classes. 75% of pupils were of the [[Pakistan]]i ethnic minority group. The school received over 1,000 applications for 60 places,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://files.api.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/824753|title=Al-Hijrah Secondary School Inspection Report|last=Sims|first=Mark|date=2006-06-07|website=ofsted.gov.uk|publisher=Ofsted|
==References==
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==External links==
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