Northwood Academy

About Northwood — Senior School

A school built like a studio, run like a family

Our mission, our history, and the campuses and people who carry the Senior School forward.

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Senior School Leadership

A principal and team dedicated to Grades 6–12

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Farrukh Hameed

Head of Senior School

22 years in secondary education · leads Grades 6–12 across all three campuses, from IB coordination to exam strategy.

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Nadia Baig

Vice Principal, Academics

Sets curriculum and assessment standards for the Senior Diploma pathway · former A-Level examiner.

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Daniyal Shah

Dean of Students

Counselling psychologist · runs pastoral care, conduct, and university counselling for Grades 6–12.

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Imran Qureshi

Head of STEM

Former aerospace engineer · FIRST Robotics mentor for the Senior School robotics guild.

The Institution

A school built like a studio, run like a family

Mission

To raise curious, principled thinkers who lead with clarity and courage in a world they will redesign.

Vision

A network of campuses where research and art and athletics live under one luminous roof.

Values

Integrity, empathy, craft. Every classroom is a rehearsal for a life of contribution.

Since 1999

Twenty-seven years of raising leaders

Northwood opened its doors in Karachi in 1999 with a single promise: that a school could hold research, art and athletics to the same standard. Lahore followed in 2008, then Islamabad in 2015 — each campus built around its own strength, all three held to one faculty ratio, one curriculum philosophy, and one expectation of every student who walks through the gate.

Today that promise is led by a faculty of career educators, researchers and working artists who chose to teach — not as a fallback, but as the work they wanted most.

A Northwood Academy teacher mentoring a student

Multi-Campus

Three cities. One standard of excellence.

Karachi campus — Flagship STEM & robotics campus

Clifton Block 5

Karachi

Flagship STEM & robotics campus

  • 1,480 students
  • Grades 1–12
  • AI & Robotics lab
Lahore campus — Arts, literature & innovation hub

Gulberg III

Lahore

Arts, literature & innovation hub

  • 1,120 students
  • Grades 1–12
  • Atrium library
Islamabad campus — Sports academy & leadership institute

Sector F-7

Islamabad

Sports academy & leadership institute

  • 940 students
  • Grades 1–12
  • Olympic track

Faculty & Leadership

Taught by people who have done the work

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Dr. Sana Rahim

Principal, Karachi

PhD Education Policy · 18 years leading IB schools.

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Imran Qureshi

Head of STEM

Former aerospace engineer · FIRST Robotics mentor.

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Alia Naqvi

Director of Arts

RCA alumna · curates the annual student biennale.

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Daniyal Shah

Dean of Students

Counselling psychologist · wellbeing programme lead.