Zainabiya Madressa was established under the umbrella of it's parent body, the KSIMC of Milton Keynes Jamaat in 1978.  The community at that time, being minute in size, envisaged the growth of it's members over the years and much gratitude is owed to those founding members for laying the foundation for growth.

The early days of the Madressa began in the late 1970's when it was being held at certain member's houses with a mere 20 students slowly growing to a bigger number requiring the use of a hired hall of Tinker's Bridge Community Hall. Students from neighbouring Bedford and Northampton flocked in to the join the Madressa. Today, the Madressa is a vibrant learning centre with a total of over 100 students ranging from the age of 5 to 17 year olds spread into 9 classes. Many have since graduated and a few have returned back to the Madressa as either teachers or assistants and boasts over 25 teachers and assistants giving it an excellent student to teacher ratio.

The Madressa is run on a self-financing basis and a nominal fee is charged to students. The subjects of Qur'an, Fiqh, Tareekh and Akhlaq are taught in the Madressa along with Salaat. The curriculum of the Madressa is closely linked to that of the Shia Ithanasheri Madressa of Stanmore (SIM) and much support is received from Stanmore. However, lately it has gained it's self dependency and is now gaining new ground in the filed of teaching our youths by being in the forefront of introducing the new GCSE Edexcel course.

The annual Madressa calender includes other activities which include annual outing trips, charity day event, Ramadhan programs including quiz and Qur'an competitions. The Madressa has organised teachers training programs which are quite useful resource for teachers.

The Zainabiya Madressa is the pride of the community and a tribute to the vision and foresight of those who saw its usefulness all those years ago. May Allah bless all those who have given their time and effort, both in the past and present, to help in imparting knowledge about His religion to our children.