The religious competence of students must be sought as early as possible because the acceptance of knowledge and the transfer of values carried out at an early age is very easy, but as the main subject, the head of an educational institution has an important and strategic role in selecting the right strategy to improve the religious competence of students and realizing quality management. Who excels in his institution so that it becomes a necessity for a head of an educational institution especially at the educational level of Raudlatul Athfal to have a good leadership strategy to improve the religious competence of students. Type of Research This is a qualitative research with a case study approach. The location of the research was carried out at Raudlatul Athfal Sabilurrosyad Jolotundo Jetis Mojokerto, the data collection techniques were participant observation, in-depth interviews and documentation, while the data analysis techniques began with data reduction, data presentation, data verification, while data validity testing techniques were carried out by means of: credibility, transferability, dependability, confirmability. The results of the study indicate that the strategy of the head of Raudlatul Athfal Sabilurrosyad to improve the religious competence of students, namely: 1) Growing teacher awareness of the importance of religious competence for students, 2) Holding collaboration with student guardians, 3) Providing training for teachers, and 4) Supervise and assist. While the supporting and inhibiting factors for the implementation of the leadership strategy of the head of Raudlatul Athfal Sabilurrosyad to increase the religious competence of students are, 1) All elements of Raudlatul Athfal Sabilurrosyad fully support the policies of the head of the institution, 2) The obstacles faced in implementing his leadership strategy are that there are a few elements of Raudlatul Athfal Sabilurrosyad who still unable to consistently carry out an agreement to increase the religious competence of students but this has been able to be anticipated and given policies by the head of Raudlatul Athfal Sabilurrosyad.