The Leadership of School Principles in Developing Religious School Culture at the Basic Education Level in Jagong Jeget District, Cen-tral Aceh District, Indonesia

. Principal leadership is also required to create an excellent organisational climate so that all components of the school can play a role together to achieve the goals and objectives of the school organisation. The research objective was to determine the principal's leadership in developing a religious school culture at the basic education level in Jagong Jeget District, Central Aceh District. This research uses a qualitative approach with descriptive methods. Data collection techniques are carried out through observation, interviews, and documentation. The research subjects were school principals, teachers, staff, students, and parents in Jagong Jeget District. The results of the study found: 1) the principal's program in developing school culture consists of the vision, mission, goals and program targets; making plans for program activities; creating religious school culture programs in the form of reading asmaul husna, reading blessings, reading daily prayers, reading short surahs, dhuha prayers, reading yasin together, extracurricular tahfizh and so on. Second, the principal's strategy in developing a religious school culture is power, persuasion, and normative strategies. 3) Factors supporting the school principal's leadership in developing a religious school culture are adequate facilities and infrastructure and support from various parties that can support the creation of a religious school culture. At the same time, the inhibiting factors for developing religious school culture are inadequate water availability and limited places for ablution. The solution to these obstacles can be minimised.