Krishna Avanti School

The school's Hindu traditions support fully the ethos of a 21st century British primary school where academic excellence is as important as its religious aura. Excellent partnerships with parents and carers, the local authority, the sponsoring Hindu charitable foundation and many other agencies have contributed to the already good quality of education provided and the accelerating rate of progress made by pupils. - Ofsted March 2010

Governing Body
The Governors are a powerful force for change and improvement. They are perceptive and probing but are also great friends of the school. - Ofsted March 2010

Head Teacher
The school is most capably led by the Head teacher who holds high expectations and has well-founded ambitions for the future success of the school. - Ofsted March 2010

Staff
School Staff are working in an effective partnership with the Local Authority to computerise the process and good progress is being made to complete the task. This work is an example of how everyone, whether teachers or non-teaching staff, work energetically and effectively together to ensure that pupils flourish. - Ofsted March 2010

Religious Education
The acts of collective worship in the school's centrepiece, its temple, are reflective personal and meaningful for the pupils. - Ofsted March 2010

The School's Faith Advisor
Pupil's spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is outstanding and is recognised by parents, carers and the community as one of the school's main features. - Ofsted March 2010

Curriculum
Pupils joy in coming to school is very evident and is demonstrated in their very regular attendance, punctuality, first-class behaviour and sense of purpose. -Ofsted March 2010

The Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum
There is an exceptionally well-focused approach to planning that ensures all children have ample opportunities to experience a rich programme of activity that will help them develop reliable skills and knowledge across all six areas of learning. - Ofsted March 2010

National Curriculum for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2
Attainment is above average, particularly in literacy and numeracy, although there is good all-round achievement too, particularly pupils' personal, social and emotional development. - Ofsted March 2010

Topic and Thematic Based Learning
Lessons are taught well, which enable pupils to enjoy their learning and to discover much more about the world around them. The observation of pupils at work in lessons and the study of their books show that they make good progress. - Ofsted March 2010

The School Day
The outstanding quality of safeguarding, care, guidance and support and an absolute determination to ensure equal opportunities for all pupils are significant factors in pupils' extremely high sense of security and their growth as people. - Ofsted March 2010

School Lunches
Pupils are conscious of good eating habits which will contribute to their health. Lunchtimes are a community event where the pupils and staff meet and share the nutritious vegetarian meals that are part of the Hindu lifestyle. - Ofsted March 2010

Pastoral Care
Care, guidance and support are highly effective because staff are trained thoroughly. Extremely well-organised procedures are carried out with high levels of commitment. The school has been able to develop its good curriculum and its outstanding care, guidance and support because it has built very strong partnerships with others. - Ofsted March 2010