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.
Senior School Leadership
A principal and team dedicated to Grades 6–12
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.
Nadia Baig
Vice Principal, Academics
Sets curriculum and assessment standards for the Senior Diploma pathway · former A-Level examiner.
Daniyal Shah
Dean of Students
Counselling psychologist · runs pastoral care, conduct, and university counselling for Grades 6–12.
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.

Multi-Campus
Three cities. One standard of excellence.

Clifton Block 5
Karachi
Flagship STEM & robotics campus
- 1,480 students
- Grades 1–12
- AI & Robotics lab

Gulberg III
Lahore
Arts, literature & innovation hub
- 1,120 students
- Grades 1–12
- Atrium library

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
Dr. Sana Rahim
Principal, Karachi
PhD Education Policy · 18 years leading IB schools.
Imran Qureshi
Head of STEM
Former aerospace engineer · FIRST Robotics mentor.
Alia Naqvi
Director of Arts
RCA alumna · curates the annual student biennale.
Daniyal Shah
Dean of Students
Counselling psychologist · wellbeing programme lead.