Child Safety and Safeguarding in Our Online Quran Classes

Parents often ask what an online academy actually does to keep children safe. These are the checks and rules we work to, stated plainly so you can hold us to them.

Qualifications on a website mean little unless someone has checked them. Before anyone teaches at Online Quran Lessons, we check their ID so we know exactly who they are, and we check their certificates so the qualifications we list are real. They then teach a demo class, so we can hear their recitation and see how patiently and clearly they correct a learner.

Our teachers are named on the site with their qualifications, so you know who your child will learn with before you book. You can ask for a teacher by name.

Beyond the teacher, a female supervisor checks every class. Her job is the quality of the lesson: that it starts on time, that the teacher is attentive and kind, and that mistakes are corrected properly. She is not there to teach your child, and she does not replace a parent being nearby.

Every class is live and one-to-one with the same teacher each week, so your child is not meeting a new adult every month and you get to know who is teaching them. We arrange classes with the parent, not with the child.

You can sit in on any class without telling us first. If you would like to look back at a lesson, ask and it can be recorded for you. Classes are supervised for teaching quality. You choose a male or female teacher when you book, at the same fee, and if you are not comfortable with a teacher for any reason, tell us and we will change them at no cost.

The single most useful safety measure for an online class is that a parent can see and hear it. Unlike a classroom across town, an online lesson happens in your own home, a few feet away from you. Nothing has to be taken on trust: you can watch the whole thing, every time, if you want to.

Many parents sit beside their child for the first few classes, then listen from across the room once they know the teacher. With younger children we recommend staying close throughout. There is no point at which you lose the right to sit in.

Keeping the same teacher each week helps here too. You hear how they speak to your child, how they correct mistakes and how they handle a tired or distracted day. Over a few weeks you build a clear picture of the person teaching your child, which is far more reassuring than any badge on a website.

Most of what keeps an online class safe is in the setup at home, and it applies whichever academy or tutor you use:

Children do not need to be frightened, just clear on a few simple rules. Explain them calmly and repeat them now and then:

One of these on its own may have an innocent explanation, so ask about it. If the answer does not reassure you, stop the classes. You never need a reason to put your child first.

If you have a question about how classes are run, ask before you book and we will answer it directly. If there is something we do not do, we will say so rather than dress it up. The first three classes are free and no card is taken, so you can sit beside your child and judge for yourself.