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Noorul Uloom (DfE No. 889/6016, Ofsted URN: 147604) operates under Markazul Uloom trust, which is a registered charity in England and Wales (Charity No. 1090525)
Our story
Our story
Noorul Uloom is located on a 6-acre site, in an area surrounded by beautiful greenery.
The property was purchased under the instruction of the late Hadhrat Maulana Yusuf Motala RH in 1999, and opened in 2001 as Markazul Uloom boarding school for Muslim girls. The boarding element closed in 2006, and a boys' school was established alongside the girls.
Today, the boys' school is known as Markazul Uloom, and the girls' school is Noorul Uloom. We operate under the same charitable trust, however both schools are separate in terms of management, curriculum and finances.
Historical background
Historical background
Our campus is located on the site of the former Park Lee Hospital, which was initially established in July 1894 as Blackburn Corporation Hospital, a centre for infectious diseases.
The Park Lee Road area historically featured coal mining activity from around 1569. The site of these early coal pits later became known as Coalpit Moor.
Around 1720, a farm was built on this location called Coal Pits Farm. Blackburn Corporation Hospital was built on the land to the side of this farm.
In the early 1900s, a chain road ran along the bottom boundary wall of the Hospital to a nearby clay quarry.
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