Woodstock Girls School
Charity 1070724
Overview
Summary
Woodstock Girls School appears to operate as part of a wider faith-based civic institution, combining Islamic education with a place of worship and an explicit commitment to community cohesion. Its role seems broader than that of a school alone: it provides a physical setting through which religious practice, education and community-facing activity can be brought together for children and young people, particularly Muslims. The available evidence suggests a locally rooted organisation whose educational purpose is closely shaped by Sunni Islamic faith and Shari'ah-informed charitable boundaries.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Birchfield
Confidence: low
The evidence links Quba Trust to a site in Birchfield, but does not directly establish current operational activity there. The charity’s registered contact address and a planning record naming Quba Trust as developer interest are not operational evidence, while the Council schedule concerns a host location for a council event.
- Charity Commission Register of Charities — WOODSTOCK GIRLS SCHOOL, charity no. 1070724
Describes the charity's activities as Quba Trust, a Birmingham religious school and place of worship. - Birmingham City Council — Mobile Household Waste Centres schedule, 2026
Lists Masjid Quba as a host location in the Birchfield section of the schedule, with dates in May, June and July 2026. - Birmingham City Council — Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment schedule, 2023
Records The Endwood in Birchfield and identifies Quba Trust as the known developer interest for the site.
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission record is substantially overdue for reporting and its latest financial information is for the year ended 31 August 2017. It therefore does not independently confirm the charity's present programme of education, worship or community services.
- The evidence links Quba Trust to a site in Birchfield, but does not establish current operational activity there or the catchment area of worshippers, pupils or other beneficiaries.
- Historic evidence places Woodstock Girls' School in Moseley, but Ofsted records that the school changed name and proprietor to Green Oak Academy in September 2018. This does not evidence current operation by charity 1070724 in Moseley.
- No current delivery partnerships or additional service locations were identified in the authoritative sources consulted.
Additional evidence needed
- A current annual return, trustees' report or direct confirmation from the charity setting out its present services, sites and beneficiary catchment.
- Current information from Masjid Quba/Quba Trust confirming whether it operates education provision, worship, community facilities or outreach.
- Evidence of any formal partner-delivered services or regular activities outside Birchfield.
Areas of work
- Education/training
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Religious Activities
Who they help
- Children/young People
How they help
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
Education is embedded in a wider religious institution
The organisation appears to use a combined school-and-worship setting rather than treating education as a separate service. This may allow religious teaching, observance and young people's education to reinforce one another.
Why it matters
This helps explain its likely operating model: its facilities may function as shared civic and faith infrastructure, not solely as classrooms.
Show evidence
“Quba Trust is a religious school and place of worship based in Birmingham.”
Source:Organisation“The charity's objects include establishing and maintaining a school or schools, including full time Islamic education.”
Source:Charity Commission
Faith specificity is paired with an outward-facing cohesion role
The organisation has a clearly Sunni Islamic identity while also presenting community cohesion as part of its purpose. This may indicate an effort to connect a faith-specific educational environment with wider local relationships.
Why it matters
It distinguishes the organisation from a purely internal religious institution and raises useful questions about how it builds bridges beyond its immediate congregation or school community.
Show evidence
“The school and place of worship is open to all those of Sunni Islamic faith and works to promote community cohesion.”
Source:Organisation“The charity works in education/training, religious activities and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity.”
Source:Charity Commission
The organisation may be a specialist access point for Muslim girls and young people
Its name and objects suggest a particular orientation toward girls' education and Muslim young people, potentially filling a culturally and religiously specific educational role.
Why it matters
If this is its practical focus, the organisation may hold insight and trusted relationships relevant to young people's education, faith and belonging that other local services do not easily reach.
Show evidence
“Name: Woodstock Girls School.”
Source:Organisation“The charity's objects include the furtherance of the education of young people; in particular Muslims.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity helps children/young people.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether Woodstock Girls School and Quba Trust are the same operating entity, or whether the school is one part of the trust.
- What educational provision is delivered, including age range, scale, curriculum and whether it is full-time.
- How community cohesion is pursued in practice and which communities or organisations are involved.
- Whether girls are the principal beneficiaries and how access is managed.
Remaining uncertainties
- A current description of programmes, pupil age range, attendance and educational model.
- Evidence of partnerships, shared facilities use and community-cohesion activity.
- Annual reports or impact evidence showing who uses the organisation and what outcomes it seeks.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Quba Trust is a religious school and place of worship based in Birmingham. The school and place of worship is open to all those of Sunni Islamic faith and works to promote community cohesion.
Charity objects
(1) THE FURTHERANCE OF THE RELIGION OF ISLAM THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY IN ANY MANNER WHICH NOW IS OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE (2) THE PROMOTION OF THE TEACHING OF THE RELIGION OF ISLAM AS PRACTISED BY THOSE DEFINED IN CLAUSE (1) ABOVE AND THE OBSERVANCES THAT SERVE TO PROMOTE AND MANIFEST IT (3) THE FURTHERANCE OF THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE; IN PARTICULAR MUSLIMS, THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS IN ANY MANNER WHICH IS NOW OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE, INCLUDING FULL TIME ISLAMIC EDUCATION (4) TO ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF ANY CHARITABLE SERVICES WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE LAW AND PARTICULARLY WITHIN THE SHARI'AH (ISLAMIC LAW)