New school set to open in September 2011

The I-Foundation, the educational charity behind the UK's first Hindu state school, has unveiled plans to open a second state primary school, this time in Leicester, home to the largest Hindu community in Europe outside London.

The proposal is one of just 16 approved today by the Department for Education as in the running to open in 2011, under the Coalition Government's flagship free schools policy. The Leicester Krishna-Avanti Primary School is to be located in Evington and will provide 420 places for children aged 4-11 years old.