Online Quran Tuition in the UK for Kids & Adults: 1-to-1 Lessons

Murouj Academy offers live one-to-one online Quran classes with native Arab teachers, including ijazah holders, female teachers for women and girls, and a free trial class with a teacher matched to you. It is online Quran tuition for UK kids and adults: families in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland book every Quran lesson in UK time.

Murouj Academy for UK families at a glance

• How lessons run: strictly one student and one tutor, with no group classes, and a programme planned around that one learner. Pick 30, 45 or 60 minutes per sitting, from two up to five sittings each week.
• Updates: a WhatsApp group for your family carries a written report after every class, and any concerns can be raised there too.
• Clock: bookings are made in UK time, so GMT through the winter and BST through the summer.
• Tutors: native Arabic speakers from the Arab world, some with an ijazah; many of them studied at, or hold certification from, Al-Azhar.
• Matching a tutor: we match you with an available tutor for the free trial before you commit. Women and girls are taught by female teachers, and adult men by male teachers; for a boy, mum or dad can say whether a female or a male teacher would suit better.
• Getting in touch: WhatsApp +1 (315) 541-8837. Murouj LLC, the company behind the academy, is registered in the US; there is no UK office, as all teaching happens online.
• Free trial: your first class is a free one-to-one trial with a teacher matched to you by Murouj. The teacher checks the level and suggests a plan. No obligation to buy a package.

Online Quran tuition for kids in the UK

For UK families, Murouj Academy offers one-to-one tuition for children, live over video. We match your child with a tutor from our native Arab teachers for the free trial lessons; daughters are taught by women, and most children have a female tutor. Children can start from age 4. When you commit, your child carries on with that tutor. Lessons are 30, 45 or 60 minutes in UK time, after school, in the evening or at weekends.

• Tutor: a native Arab teacher, recommended for your child and arranged by Murouj.
• Daughters: taught by a woman, with no exceptions.
• Continuity: the same tutor from lesson to lesson once you commit.
• Starting age: four, with several of our tutors.
• Parents: a parent or guardian books lessons for under-18s and oversees their child's internet use around them (our terms set this out).

See online Quran classes for kids for how the lessons, the learning path and child safety work.

Class times by UK city

• UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer): London, Birmingham, Manchester, Bradford and Leicester

Everything happens online, so your city never changes the lesson; we simply book it in UK time.

Cities

Each of these has its own page, with the local school day, community and lesson times:

• London
• Birmingham
• Manchester
• Bradford

Everything is taught online by native Arabic speakers.

Lessons that fit your family's schedule

Our teachers work around your timetable and book every lesson in UK time, whether the clocks are on GMT or BST. Families book after-school, evening or weekend lessons and can adjust them for half-terms and exams. We're flexible, and you pick the times that suit you when you book your free trial lesson.

Online Quran tuition for kids and for adults in the UK

Quran tuition for kids. Online Quran lessons for children are taught one-to-one, so a child gets the teacher's full attention rather than a share of a class. Younger children usually start with letters and reading, older ones with recitation, tajweed or hifz, and we match the teacher to the child. See our page on online Quran classes for kids.

Quran tuition for adults. Adults in the UK can take online Quran lessons at a pace that suits work and family, from reading the letters to recitation, tajweed and memorisation. Men are taught by male teachers and women by female teachers. See Quran classes for adults.

In both cases the lessons are live over video, one student and one teacher, and the first lesson is a free trial.

How do lessons fit around UK school terms?

The school year in England and Wales runs from early September to late July, in Northern Ireland to the end of June, and in Scotland from mid-August to late June or early July, with half-terms and longer breaks at Christmas, Easter and summer. One-to-one lessons can follow that rhythm:

• During term, most families book after-school lessons on weekdays, weekend mornings, or a mix of both. You can book from two to five lessons a week.
• Half-terms and holidays such as the Easter and summer holidays can be planned around. If you would like extra lessons while school is off, ask us on WhatsApp what your teacher can offer.
• Exam season. When GCSEs, A levels or Highers are close, talk to your teacher about any changes you would like to make, and agree them together.

Because every lesson is one-to-one, the programme follows the student, not a class timetable. A six-year-old can start with Arabic letters while their older brother revises the juz he memorised last term.

How do online lessons compare with the local madrasah?

Many UK children go to an evening madrasah or a class at the mosque, and that has real value: friends, community, a shared routine and the feeling of belonging to the masjid. We see one-to-one online lessons as a different tool, not a replacement for that.

In a one-to-one lesson the whole lesson goes to one student. The teacher hears every letter your child recites, corrects each mistake as it happens, and moves at your child's pace, whether that means more time on makharij or a faster memorisation plan. There is no travel on a dark winter evening, and the lesson can be booked at a time that fits around school, clubs and homework.

Families can use both: community at the mosque, and focused recitation or memorisation with a teacher at home.

Who are the tutors?

Arabic is the mother tongue of every tutor at Murouj Academy, and all of them come from the Arab world. Some of our tutors hold an ijazah, and each profile says which.

What is an ijazah? An ijazah is a formal, chain-based authorisation from a qualified teacher. It certifies that the holder has mastered a body of knowledge, such as reciting the Quran, and is allowed to teach it and to certify others. By contrast, a mum, dad or family friend who knows the Quran well can support a learner informally, without being a qualified, certified tutor. Our guide to the meaning and types of ijazah goes into more depth.

Alongside Arabic, most of the tutors speak English, which helps British-born children follow each explanation. A good number trained at or were certified by Al-Azhar, and every profile sets out that tutor's own studies and ijazah.

Read about the tutors on their profiles. We recommend an available tutor for your free trial, and once you commit you continue with that tutor. If it doesn't suit, we change them, and the match is never random.

Female teachers for women and girls

At Murouj Academy, women and girls are always taught by female teachers. Adult men are taught by male teachers. For boys, we ask whether a female or a male teacher would suit better, and most of the children we teach learn with female teachers.

We treat this as a firm rule rather than a preference we try to honour, so a mum, her daughters or a sister new to the Quran can begin with a woman tutor from lesson one.

If you are looking for a female Quran tutor for your daughter, she will be taught by a woman from her first lesson, and we match her with a female tutor for the free trial classes. See female Quran teachers online for more.

Safeguarding, stated honestly

UK parents often ask whether our teachers are DBS-checked. The honest answer is no. A Disclosure and Barring Service check searches UK records and is designed for people working in the UK. Our teachers live and teach outside the UK, so a DBS check cannot be carried out on them in the usual way, and we won't claim one.

What we confirm today:

• Each lesson has one student and one tutor, live on Zoom, Google Meet or Halqora, Murouj's own online classroom software.
• Only women teach girls and women.
• With children, we match a tutor for the free trial classes before you commit.
• A parent or guardian must book and manage lessons for anyone under 18, and is responsible for supervising a child's internet use during and around lessons (see our terms).
• Concerns about a tutor come to us straight away, by WhatsApp or email, and we will look into them.

Murouj Academy follows Islamic etiquette for privacy: when a female teacher teaches a female student, no non-mahram man can see the student. Read how privacy and etiquette work in our lessons.

Lessons are never recorded, and parents are welcome to stay. With a female tutor, only female family members, such as mothers and sisters, may be in the room.

Hifz and ijazah for UK students

Some UK students come to us with a clear goal: to memorise the whole Quran, or to earn an ijazah of their own. One-to-one lessons suit both, because memorisation and ijazah depend on a teacher hearing every verse you recite.

• The Quran memorisation course builds a steady hifz plan with new memorisation and regular revision. Our guide to how to memorise the Quran explains the habits that help.
• Hifz around school: children can memorise part-time, with two to five lessons a week of 30, 45 or 60 minutes after school, in the evening or at weekends, in UK time. See the part-time hifz answer and our guide to weekend hifz for kids.

Which course suits us?

Every course is one-to-one, and none ranks above another:

• Primary-age beginners tend to start on letters and reading with the Qaida classes for beginners, often paired with Islamic studies covering manners, worship and the prophets' stories.
• Secondary-school pupils and adults who can already read generally study the rules in the Tajweed classes, have their recitation corrected live in Quran recitation correction, or take on hifz with the Quran memorisation course.
• Adult beginners begin at the very first step, gently, on the Qaida classes for beginners.
• Learners curious about the language of revelation may add the Arabic course or the Quranic Arabic course.
• Teenagers who want the basics of Islam can take Islamic studies for teens, adults who want the meaning of the Quran can take Understand the Quran: basic tafsir, and children can take Arabic for kids.

Still undecided? The trial lesson includes a level check, after which the tutor recommends a starting point.

How does the free trial work?

1. Enrol. Fill in the free trial form or send a WhatsApp message with the learner's age, aims, preferred UK times and whether a male or female tutor is needed.
2. Get matched with a tutor. We recommend an available tutor from what you tell us and agree a time with that person.
3. Have the lesson. It's a proper one-to-one session: the tutor gauges the learner's level and proposes a plan. Carrying on means selecting a package, anywhere from two to five sittings weekly at 30, 45 or 60 minutes.

Before you enrol

What UK parents and learners usually want to know first.

• Format. One-to-one only. A lesson is 30, 45 or 60 minutes, booked in UK time.
• Tutor. We match you with a tutor for the free trial before you commit. Women and girls always learn with a woman.
• If plans change. Three hours' notice or more (up to twice a month) means no charge, and the lesson is made up on another day. Within three hours, a genuine emergency such as illness, a device problem or an internet problem is accepted and made up too. Without an acceptable reason, or if nobody joins, the lesson is charged in full and not made up; a replacement can be booked, but it counts and is charged as a new lesson. We never charge for a lesson the tutor misses.
• Money. Invoices come monthly in pounds sterling and can be paid through PayPal or Wise.

Lesson plans for families in the UK

Families in the UK can choose from four lesson plans, all one-to-one: Beginner (2 classes a week), Intermediate (3), Advanced (4) and Fluency (5). Lessons for students in the UK last 30, 45 or 60 minutes, and every plan includes a free trial class. Payment is by Wise, PayPal or bank transfer.

Plans start from £5 per 30-minute lesson. For detailed pricing, contact us or book a free trial.

Do learners stick with it?

Most of our students stay with us for more than a year. The Quran is a long-term undertaking, and staying with a tutor matched to your needs helps households keep going. Students describe their experience first-hand on the reviews page.