Al-Faisal College | |
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Location | |
Australia | |
Coordinates | 33°51′24″S 151°01′53″E / 33.856566°S 151.031319°E |
Information | |
Type | Independent co-educational primary and secondary day school |
Motto | Faith, Knowledge, Success |
Religious affiliation(s) | Islamic |
Denomination | Sunni |
Established | 27 April 1998 |
Educational authority | NSW Department of Education |
Oversight | Australian Federation of Islamic Councils |
Principal | Safia Khan Hassanein[1] |
Managing director | Sheikh Shafiq R. Abdullah Khan |
Years | K–12 |
Age | 5 to 18 |
Enrolment | 3669 (across all three campuses) ([2][3]) |
Language | English |
Campuses | |
Website | Official website |
Al-Faisal College (abbreviated as AFC) is currently the largest Islamic school in Australia with 2800 students. It is also a quad-campus independent Islamic co-educational primary and secondary day school, with campuses in Auburn, Liverpool, Campbelltown. Operated by Al-Faisal College Ltd,[4] the college was established in 1998 at the Auburn campus, later expanded to the Campbelltown campus in 2013 and Liverpool campus in 2015.
The college announced in 2020 that they will be opening up a fourth campus in Lakemba, with construction to start late November 2020.[5]