Maktab QuranMuslim families across the UK work hard to keep the Quran central to their children's lives — often alongside demanding school timetables and long working weeks. Many rely on weekend mosque classes, which are wonderful for community, but where one teacher may be guiding twenty or thirty children at once. Online, one-to-one lessons offer something different: focused, individual attention that fits neatly around British family life.
A perfect complement to mosque classes
We're not here to replace your local masjid — we're here to strengthen your child's learning. In a large weekend class, a child might recite for only a minute or two. In a one-to-one lesson, the entire time is theirs, so mistakes are caught and corrected properly. Many British families use Maktab Quran midweek to reinforce and accelerate what their children learn at the mosque.
Flexible timings for busy UK schedules
Lessons are booked around GMT/BST to suit the school run, after-school hours and evenings. Because it's one-to-one, there's no fixed class slot to rush to — you choose a rhythm that works, whether that's a couple of short weekday sessions or lessons across the week.
For every age and stage
From little ones starting the Noorani Qaida, to teenagers polishing their Tajweed, to adults reconnecting with the Quran, we have a teacher and a path for you. Families aiming higher can follow a structured Hifz programme, and those wanting understanding can add Tafsir.
The technology that sets us apart
Our lessons aren't an ordinary video call. A synchronized Quran page shows your child exactly which word the teacher is reciting, highlighted live — so nothing is lost over the screen. It's the closest thing to sitting beside your teacher, and it's why our students progress quickly. Read how it works.
Straightforward pricing
Two honest plans, each with five live 30-minute classes a week, shown in Pounds: private 1-on-1 at roughly £50 a month (billed as $60 USD), or a group batch of never more than 10 students at roughly £10 a month (billed as $12 USD). No surprises, cancel anytime. See pricing.
Are your Quran teachers DBS checked?
No, and we would rather answer that plainly than dress it up. Our teachers live and work in Egypt, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia and elsewhere; the Disclosure and Barring Service checks people resident in the United Kingdom, so a DBS certificate is not something an overseas teacher can hold. Any online academy telling a British parent that its overseas teachers are DBS checked is telling you something that cannot be true.
What we do instead is make the lesson observable. Classes run in the browser on a shared Quran page, there is no separate chat channel between a teacher and a child, and a parent is welcome to sit in on any lesson — including every lesson, if that is what you prefer. Teachers apply with their name, country, languages, experience and a bio, and our team reviews the profile before it appears in the directory. You then judge the teacher yourself in a free trial before any money changes hands, and you can switch teacher at any time at no cost.
Our honest advice to British families is to treat safeguarding the way you would with any tutor: keep the lesson in a shared room of the house rather than a bedroom, keep the door open, and use the trial to watch how the teacher speaks to your child. That is worth more than a certificate an overseas teacher was never eligible for.
How do lessons fit around the UK school year?
The British school year is the real constraint, not the technology. Term time in England and Wales runs roughly early September to late July with six half terms; Scotland and Northern Ireland run to their own calendars, and Scottish schools break up several weeks earlier in summer. Families usually settle on after-school slots during term and move to mornings in the holidays, which teachers in Asia and the Middle East can cover comfortably.
Two points in the year need planning rather than improvisation. The first is exam season: Year 11 and Year 13 students sitting GCSEs and A-levels from May onwards. The usual mistake is stopping lessons entirely and losing fluency over three months. Dropping from five short lessons a week to two, and switching from new memorisation to revision only, keeps the ground you have without adding to the load.
The second is Ramadan, which for the next several years falls inside the spring term. Children are tired, evenings are late, and taraweeh reorders the whole day. Families who plan for it — moving the lesson earlier in the afternoon, or reducing to three sessions — get through the month without the stop-start that so often ends a child's Quran study for good.
Because timings are booked in GMT and BST rather than the teacher's own clock, the shift when the UK changes hour in late March and late October is handled on our side; you keep the slot you agreed.
Local guides for your city
We've written a dedicated guide for every major UK Muslim community — with local context, area coverage and the questions families in your city actually ask: London, Birmingham, Manchester, Bradford, Leicester, Luton, Leeds, Blackburn, Sheffield, Slough, Bolton, Coventry, Nottingham, Glasgow, Cardiff, Preston, Bristol, Newcastle and Watford.
Try before you decide: book a free trial lesson with a teacher of your choice, with no card required.