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Krishna Avanti Primary School Leicester

Krishna Avanti Primary School is a Hindu-faith Free School for boys and girls that opened in

September 2011. It will add a new year group each year and be full with a capacity for 420 pupils

by September 2017.

We belong to a family of schools under the umbrella of the Avanti Schools Trust, an organisation

which strives for educational excellence, character development and a growing spiritual

awareness for all their young people, and the designated religious authority is the iFoundation.

Both the Trust and the religious authority are inspired by and draw upon the teachings of Krishna

Chaitanya, part of the same religious tradition as ISKCON, the International Society for Krishna

Consciousness. This means that the nature of Collective Worship and Religious Studies will be

broadly reflective of the practices and teachings of ISKCON. The Trust and religious authority are

independent legal entities and they may choose to collaborate with ISKCON in instances which

will benefit the Avanti schools.

The school is set in 5 acres of land, on Spencefield Lane in Leicester, in Evington Hall. The Grade 2

listed building was built for the High Sheriff of Leicester and was also once a Catholic Convent.

The main house has great character with beautiful features including an extraordinary library

area. It is set in tranquil grounds making this a wonderful site for an excellent learning

environment for all children of any faith and background and providing a spacious learning

environment both indoors and outdoors.

The school offers a values based, broad and stimulating curriculum, with the addition of yoga,

meditation, Spanish, and soon to be reintroduced, Sanskrit (the root of most eastern and western

languages).

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