Built for clarity with purpose.
Children deserve learning that is not vague, crowded or hidden from parents: clear faith, clear thinking, clear progress and clear evidence of growth.


Education needs to be made clear.
We believe every Muslim child deserves an education where the Qur'an and coding, adab and AI, character and confidence are never forced to compete.
The Sumayyah Institute is built on a clear observation: the world has changed faster than ordinary schooling. Buildings, bells and report cards survived, but the things children actually need for this century were too often left outside the gate.
The institute is built around the home instead of a building. A school where parents are trained partners, where teachers know every child by name, where children present their work at a showcase every week, and where growth is made visible through the Portfolio Passport.
We call this category a homeschool-support academy, and it works at two depths. Some families give us the whole week: Sumayyah is their child's school. Others keep the school they are at and come to us after it, for a subject, a one-to-one class, or a course their timetable keeps postponing. Both are real membership here, and both are recorded in the same Portfolio Passport.
The institute carries the name of Sumayyah bint Khayyāṭ, among the first to accept Islam and the first to give her life rather than say a word she did not believe. We teach children to think carefully, show their reasoning and accept correction while it still matters, and those habits are not ends in themselves. They are how a child comes to hold something firmly enough to stand on it.
Four pillars, no compromises.
Iman before everything
Qur'an habit, adab and identity are the root system, not an add-on subject.
Purposeful progress
Every child grows through a clear rhythm of learning, practice, reflection and presentation.
Parents as partners
We equip parents to teach, verify and celebrate, the home is half the school.
Future without fear
AI, coding and public voice, taught early, safely and Islamically.
"And say: My Lord, increase me in knowledge."
Sūrah Ṭā-Hā · 20:114
Named leadership. Named teaching.
Led by Muhammad Aqib, Founder & Director, with Syeda Kinza Kanwal, Co-founder and Designated Safeguarding Lead, bringing hands-on home-education, curriculum design and parent coaching experience. The live cohort is supported by named teaching staff; families receive teacher roles, safeguarding checks and communication rules before a child attends.
- Named anchor teacher owns each cohort's journey and writes progress notes against actual portfolio work.
- Relevant founder experience is framed around home education, curriculum design, parent coaching and family learning rhythms.
- Published teaching controls include identity verification, safeguarding rules, parent-visible communication and portfolio review.
Leadership

Muhammad Aqib
Founder & DirectorLeads the institute’s direction and day-to-day operations, from curriculum planning through to how each cohort is run.

Syeda Kinza Kanwal
Co-founderHome-education lead focused on hands-on family learning, curriculum planning and parent coaching. Designated Safeguarding Lead.
Teaching

Flizba Irshad
Teacher & Learning CoachNamed cohort teacher in the Portfolio Lab, responsible for live learning, progress notes and portfolio follow-through.

Rida Akram
TeacherTeaches live cohort lessons and writes the progress notes that sit against each child’s portfolio work.
Meet us before you decide.
Join a parent orientation call. Ask hard questions. That is exactly what we would do.
Book a 20-minute parent orientation call