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{{Infobox school<br />
| name = Krishna Avanti Primary School, Leicester<br />
| image = Krishna Avanti Primary School.svg<br />
| image_size = 250px<br />
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| established = 2011<br />
| closed = <br />
| type = [[Free school (England)|Free school]]<br />
| religious_affiliation = [[Hinduism]]<br />
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| address = Spencefield Lane<br />
| city = [[Leicester]]<br />
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| country = [[England]]<br />
| postal_code = LE5 6HN<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|52.62844|N|1.1157805|W|type:edu_region:GB-LCE|display=inline,title}}<br />
| urn = 136930<br />
| ofsted = yes<br />
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| gender = Mixed<br />
| lower_age = 3<br />
| upper_age = 11<br />
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| website = http://www.kapsleicester.org.uk/ <br />
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'''Krishna Avanti Primary School, Leicester'''<ref name="KAPSLeicester">{{cite web |url=http://www.avanti.org.uk/kapsleicester/ |title=Krishna Avanti Primary School, Leicester |author=Avanti Schools Trust}}</ref><ref name="BBCLeHinduSchool">{{cite news |title=Site confirmed for Leicester Hindu school|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/local/leicester/hi/people_and_places/religion_and_ethics/newsid_9354000/9354928.stm |publisher=BBC |date=2011-01-10 }}</ref> is a [[Hinduism|Hindu]] faith [[primary school]] in [[Leicester]], [[United Kingdom]] that is part of the [[Avanti Schools Trust]]. It was the first state-funded Hindu school in Leicester.<ref name="IFLeicesterPlans">{{cite web|url=http://i-foundation.org/press/press-releases/87-plans-revealed-for-leicesters-first-state-hindu-school |title=Plans Revealed for Leicester's First State Hindu School |author=I-Foundation |url-status = unfit|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110201192835/http://www.i-foundation.org/press/press-releases/87-plans-revealed-for-leicesters-first-state-hindu-school |archivedate= 1 February 2011 }}</ref> The school is open to students of Hindu background, but half (50%) of places available in the school are also reserved for local students of various faith backgrounds.<ref name="BBCLeHinduSchool"/> The school is based at '''Evington Hall''', a Grade II listed building, built about 1840,<ref name=HeritageHall>{{cite web|url=https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=1361049&resourceID=5|website=www.heritagegateway.org.uk|title=Evington Hall}}</ref> which in the past was a [[convent school]], then part of Leicester Junior Grammar School.<ref name=LM29Dec>{{cite news|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130505125057/http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Leicester-s-Hindu-school-beacon-says-Education/story-13275406-detail/story.html|newspaper=Leicester Mercury|date=6 September 2011|title=Leicester's Hindu school is a beacon, says Education Secretary Michael Gove|url=http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Leicester-s-Hindu-school-beacon-says-Education/story-13275406-detail/story.html|url-status = unfit|archivedate=May 5, 2013}}</ref><ref name=Hindu>{{cite web|url=http://www.evingtonecho.co.uk/FebMarch11/evingtonhall.htm|website=Evington Echo|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319214724/http://www.evingtonecho.co.uk/FebMarch11/evingtonhall.htm|url-status = unfit|archivedate=19 March 2012|title=Evington Hall will be a Hindu State Primary School}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Avanti Fields School]]<br />
* [[International Society for Krishna Consciousness]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.kapsleicester.org.uk/ Official website]<br />
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{{Schools in Leicestershire}}<br />
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[[Category:Primary schools in Leicestershire]]<br />
[[Category:Hindu schools in the United Kingdom]]<br />
[[Category:Schools affiliated with the International Society for Krishna Consciousness]]<br />
[[Category:International Society for Krishna Consciousness]]<br />
[[Category:Free Schools in England with a Formal Faith Designation]]<br />
[[Category:Free schools in England]]<br />
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