{"id":1473,"date":"2022-04-28T11:57:23","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T11:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iqra1.wpengine.com\/?page_id=1473"},"modified":"2025-06-25T12:53:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T12:53:32","slug":"meet-the-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.iqra-academy.co.uk\/index.php\/about-iqra\/meet-the-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Dr. Michael Wright<\/span><\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Michael has Chaired the\nSchool Leadership team at Iqra Academy since 2016. Michael is also Chair of the\nEducation Committee of the Muslim Council of Peterborough, which organises the\nPeterborough City Annual Education Awards and is Chair of the Association of\nMuslim Schools for the East Midlands, UK.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

Michael sits on the Head\nTeachers group of the Peterborough Partnership of Secondary Schools and is a\nTrustee and Director of the Thomas Deacon Education Trust.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

Michael was named \u201cHead\nTeacher of the Year\u201d at the National Interfaith Annual School Awards by the\nAssociation of Muslim Schools UK.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

Michael was the winner\nof the \u2018Caring Neighbour\u2019 Award at the Pride in Peterborough Annual Awards.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

Michael is a former\nBritish Police Detective and holds a PhD in Law and a Level 5 qualification in\nOperational Management. He holds a Master\u2019s Degree in Leadership through the\nUniversity of Hertfordshire and a teaching qualification through the London Institute.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

Michael has held senior\nroles at Cambridge Regional College and North Hertfordshire College and led\nTeacher Training Departments, which included an inspection team, sharing good\npractice with schools and colleges across the UK, Brazil, Saudi Arabia and Greece.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

Michael was recognised\nas a dynamic leader when he was appointed as Executive Director of Education to\nthe London 2012 Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games\n(LOCOG). Michael brought together Schools, Colleges and Universities across Great\nBritain, to provide thousands of appropriately trained and qualified Security,\nStewarding, Hospitality and Volunteer workforce for London 2012, Wimbledon,\nBritish Grand Prix, Premiership Football, festivals, carnivals and the Royal\nWedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

The work brought\ntogether UK educational institutions on a scale that was previously unheard of\nand provided a unique bridge from education to employment.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

Michael has worked for\nthe Brazilian Olympic Public Authority in managing a Training Pilot Programme\nfor the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. He also advised the Glasgow 2014\nCommonwealth Games on Education and Employer Engagement.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

Michael was the Vice\nDean at Lincoln College International in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia where he\nset up three new Academic Colleges of Excellence.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

Michael is a keen\nsportsman and holds National Coaching Qualifications in Rugby, Football,\nTennis, Badminton and Weight Lifting.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

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Michael was Director of\nYouth Football at Cambridge United Football Club and at Iqra has successfully\nManaged the School Football Team to Six Muslim Schools National Titles.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Nasiba Zaib<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Nasiba is currently the Deputy Head teacher at Iqra Academy, she was part of the planning committee for Iqra Academy and has been an instrumental figure from inception. Nasiba has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting and Finance which was followed by a Postgraduate Certificate in Education in Mathematics and subsequently her National.<\/p>

Professional Qualification in Senior Leadership. Her exceptional skills in teaching have allowed her to become a Senior Leader in Education for Mathematics across Cambridgeshire. Furthermore, she is serving as a professional mentor for\u202f\u202f<\/span>trainee teachers across Peterborough.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>

Nasiba has always been a strong campaigner for education and empowerment, instilling the belief that education can change the lives of future generations. She has a specialist interest in female education nurturing young minds to thrive both academically and personally.\u202f\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>

Nasiba leads by example being a great role model for both staff and pupils. Under her leadership as the curriculum lead, the school has thrived and achieved exceptional GCSE results year upon year. This dedication has also been acknowledged by Ofsted<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Teaching Staff Dr. Michael Wright Principal Michael has Chaired the School Leadership team at Iqra Academy since 2016. Michael is also Chair of the Education Committee of the Muslim Council of Peterborough, which organises the Peterborough City Annual Education Awards and is Chair of the Association of Muslim Schools for the East Midlands, UK. Michael […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":9,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1473","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iqra-academy.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iqra-academy.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iqra-academy.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iqra-academy.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iqra-academy.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.iqra-academy.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1473\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iqra-academy.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iqra-academy.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}