Children's Classes
Weekday and weekend madrasah classes for 5–16 year olds — Monday to Thursday, and Saturday & Sunday.
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Welcome to
Darul-ilm
Kent
Raising the Next Generation by
Nurturing Hearts and Minds.
A weekday and weekend madrasah serving the children of Medway — where children come to know their Dīn, love Allah and His Messenger ﷺ, and carry taqwā into how they live, taught with excellence by qualified scholars.
Places are limited in most of our current classes —
Apply above to join our waiting list
Who we are
Darul-Ilm Kent exists to raise children who don't just know their Dīn, but love it. Since opening in 2017 with five students, we've grown into a two-site madrasah serving the children of Medway — teaching Qur'an and Islamic studies with excellence, and nurturing a genuine love for Allah and His Messenger ﷺ that we believe matters just as much as what a child can recite. Today, well over 300 students learn with us, guided by qualified teachers, toward a life shaped by taqwā.
What we offer
16+ Programs
Join our Sanatayn programme — a two-year Islamic studies course for students 16 and over.
PROGRAMME DETAILSWeekly Sessions
Spiritual halaqas every Wednesday at 7:40pm, and brothers' tajweed sessions every Thursday at 7:40pm, at the Chatham Hill Mosque.
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Our roadmap
Darul-ilm Kent began with only five children in February 2017, in our home on Pagitt Street, Chatham. Within two years, we had grown to 80 students, and our small two-bedroom house could no longer accommodate our growing numbers. In February 2019, we moved to a larger home in Chatham to keep pace with our growing madrasah.
As our numbers continued to rise, reaching 120 students by 2021, the space, classes, traffic, and logistics of running a growing madrasah from a family two-bedroom home had reached their limit. It was time for the next step.
In May 2022, we relocated our educational facilities to the Chatham Hill Masjid, where we continued to develop our facilities and serve the Medway community.
Then, in May 2025, we opened a second site at Gillingham Mosque — bringing us to two sites operating across Medway. Today we teach well over 300 students across both branches, continuing the same foundation we started with: children who don't just memorise their Dīn, but come to love it.
Become a Pillar of the Madrasa
Not every one of us can stand in front of a classroom and teach — but every one of us can be part of raising a generation grounded in their Islamic identity, who love Allah and His Messenger ﷺ, and who are ready to become the leaders of tomorrow. When you donate, you become part of that movement — reviving Islam in our community, one child at a time. Your donation goes directly toward teachers’ wages, learning resources, and running two sites across Medway.