JOINING THE AVANTI
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Krishna Avanti Primary School (Harrow) (“the School”) is part of the Avanti Schools Trust and is an inclusive Hindu faith-designated school that welcomes children of all faiths and none. More information about the School can be found by visiting the links below.
The Trust Board of Avanti Schools Trust (“the Trust Board”) is the “admission authority” for all schools within the trust and is responsible for determining and implementing the admission arrangements for those schools.
The School is fully inclusive and welcomes applications for the admission of children of all abilities and needs, including those with special educational needs and disabilities. The School fully complies with its responsibilities under the Equality Act 2010.
The published admission number (PAN) for Krishna Avanti Primary School
Reception Class intake is 60
Nursery Class is 26 (AM, PM, and Full Day)
If you require further clarity on Admissions please do not hesitate to contact the school office at 0208 381 3344.
Please click on the links below for further details on admissions.
Admissions Policies
Please click on the links below to view the Policy and the relevant SIF forms.
Academic Year 2026-2027
Reception Admissions
Nursery Admissions
In Year Admissions Policy for Academic Year 2025-2026
Reception Admissions
Nursery Admissions
Supplementary Information Form (“SIF”)
If you wish to apply under the faith criteria of the admissions policy, parents must submit a completed supplementary information form (“SIF”) to the school office by the deadline date in addition to submitting a completed online application form to the Council. Please submit a Supplementary Information Form (SIF) within one week of submitting your child’s application to Harrow Council.
The SIF form must be certified by the practicing Hindu parent’s temple. Failure to do so will result in the child being placed into the next category that applies according to the admissions policy.
Please click on the links below to download and print the correct SIF form:
If you are completing the SIF form through ISKCON Bhaktivedanta Manor – Hare Krishna Temple Dharam Marg, Hilfield Lane, Watford, WD25 8EZ please check their website for guidance on signing the SIF forms for further information.
Important Note (only applies to statutory age pupils admissions):
If more applications are received under any one criterion than there are places available, the tiebreaker of distance measured in a straight line from home to school will be applied, with the nearest applicant to the school being given the highest priority.
Once the school has completed the ranking of applications, Harrow Council coordinates all the offers for statutory-age pupils to make sure that each applicant receives only one offer (for Nursery Pupils the school will coordinate the offers) They do this by looking at the way you ranked schools, as follows:
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If your child meets the rules for only one of the schools on your list, they will only inform you of an offer to that school.
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If your child meets the rules for more than one of the schools you have asked for, they will look at the rankings you gave the schools and will only inform you of the offer from your highest-ranked school. Therefore, if Krishna Avanti Primary School were able to offer you a place, but a higher ranked school was also able to offer a place, you would only be informed of the offer for the higher ranked school and the place at Krishna Avanti Primary School would be offered to another child. Being offered a higher-ranked school does not constitute as an error in the admissions process.
A full explanation of admission arrangements is available to view on the Harrow Council website at www.harrow.gov.uk/schooladmissions. Please refer to the Harrow Council “Guide to Primary Schools in Harrow” for further information.
LATE APPLICATIONS:
Forms received after the closing date will be processed and considered only after those received by the closing date have been processed. Places will be offered where vacancies remain using Krishna Avanti Primary Schools admissions oversubscription criteria.
September 2026 Nursery Admissions Intake
The number of places at the Nursery will be 26 full-time equivalent places, of which 26 Morning places (08:00 am – 11:00 am), Afternoon places (11:30 am-2:30 pm), or Full-time places (08:00 am – 2:30 pm).
Should you wish your child/ren to come to our Nursery please apply directly to the school via the Harrow Council website link below.
For further details on KAPSH over-subscription criteria, please read our Nursery Admissions Policy via the admissions policy links below.
How to Apply and Important Deadlines
Please only complete the Nursery application online form if your child’s date of birth is between 1 September 2022 – 31 August 2023.
If applications are completed out of the DOB range they will NOT be considered and will be marked as invalid. Outcome letters will not be sent for invalid applications.
To apply for a place, please complete the Harrow Council Nursery Common Application Form via the link below.
Click on the links below to view and download the documents or make an online application to Harrow Council.
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KAPSH Nursery Policy and Admissions oversubscription criteria
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Nursery Common Application Form – Link to Harrow Council Online Application form – All parents must complete this form.
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Submit a copy of your child’s Nursery Application supporting documents (birth certificate, Council Tax bill and Harrow Council Application/Reference email) to the school office by 15 January.
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Supplementary Information Form (SIF) – If you are applying under the faith criteria of the Admissions Policy in addition to the Common Application Form you will need to submit the original Supplementary Information Form (SIF) within one week of submitting your child’s application or by 15 January.
Submitting your Nursery Application Form to Krishna Avanti Primary School, Harrow (KAPSH)
Once you complete your application form via the Harrow Council link above please ensure you submit the following documents to the Krishna Avanti school office by 15 January. If you are dropping off the SIF form then please feel free to hand deliver it to the school between 8:30 am – 1:30 pm or post this to the school via the letterbox outside the school gates (off-peak times) alternatively, you may wish to post the form recorded delivery. Please do not hesitate to contact the school office: 0208 381 3344 if you have any further queries.
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A printed copy of the auto email you receive from Harrow Council of your child’s application
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A copy current council tax bill Applicable for the 2025-2026 Financial Year
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A copy of your child’s birth certificate
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SIF form if you are applying under faith criteria of the school admissions policy
Important Note Reminder:
You can only apply to one Nursery in the Harrow Borough. If parents apply to more than one Nursery online the latest application submitted to Harrow Council will be used to consider admission and any previous applications submitted to the council/Nursery may be void. For further information please contact the Harrow Council or the school office.
You are making a preference to attend the Nursery provision AM, PM, or Full Day session therefore, the school cannot guarantee a place within the preference requested.
A child who has been offered a place at our nursery is not automatically entitled to a place at the Krishna Avanti Primary School for Reception. You will still need to apply for a Reception place via your Local Authority by 15 January.
30-Hour Code Validations for Sept 2026
For those of you applying for the extended entitlement (30 hours funding) for your child(ren), the deadline for parents of new children to apply for their eligibility codes for the Autumn Term is 31 August 2026. Parents must apply via the Gov Uk website before the summer holidays in order to avoid any issues with their applications by the deadline of 10 July 2026. Please remember a new child cannot start claiming the extended hours for the first time within their grace period (between the validity end date and grace period end date).
Apply for 30-Hour Code via Gov UK website
30 hours codes must be rechecked termly before the following dates via the Gov Uk website:
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10 July for Autumn Term ( Sept) – (30-hour code must be valid before 31 August)
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01 December for Spring (Jan) – (30-hour code must be valid before 31 December)
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10 March Summer Term (Apr) – (30-hour code must be valid before 31 March)
Existing Codes Requiring Action:
Please check all existing eligibility codes that have been verified as eligible. If any of the validity end dates have passed, your child may be offered a 15-hour place in the Nursery. Parents must ensure they re-check their eligibility through the HMRC website. If you do not re-check the eligibility successfully and the grace period end date has expired before the start of the term as stated above, you will no longer be able to access the extended hours.
Deadlines
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15th January 2026 Closing date for receipt of Nursery and Reception Applications – In line with Harrow Council Date
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15th March 2026 Outcome letters posted to parents/carers
Changes to your application?
Please inform Krishna Avanti School in writing if you change your address and submit the most current proof of address (council tax bill) to ensure that your application is amended accordingly. Please ensure that you follow up within 5 working days to confirm details have been received.
Allocation Statistics for September 2025
The Admissions Authority of the School coordinates places for applicants in the following way:
(a) If the number applying for our school is less than (or equal to) the planned admissions number, all will be offered a place;
(b) If the number applying is greater than the planned admissions number, places will be allocated by giving priority to children according to our admissions criteria published in our policy (in the order below), up to the planned admissions number.
The Planned Admission Numbers (PAN) for Krishna Avanti School is 60 places for the Reception Class.
Once it has been determined which children can be offered places at Krishna Avanti School, the Harrow Admissions team will coordinate all Reception Class offers to make sure that each applicant receives only one offer.
If more applications are received under any one criterion than are available, the tie-breaker of distance measured in a straight line from home to school will be applied. The nearest applicant to the school will be given the highest priority.
How places were allocated for Reception Class Admission Krishna Avanti Primary School for September 2025 Intake
The published admission number (PAN) for Krishna Avanti Primary School for the 2025/2026 Reception Class intake is 60.
Krishna Avanti Primary School- Reception Admissions Criteria
Special Educational Needs
Criteria 1. Looked After Children
Criteria 2. Sibling Connections
Criteria 3. Children Of Staff
Criteria 4. Up to 15 places to Hindu children with a practising Hindu3 parent who worships at an ISKCON Temple in the following order of priority:
4.1 Hindu children with a practising Hindu parent who has taken initiation (diksha) and attends Sanga;
4.2 Hindu children with a practising Hindu parent who attends Sanga;
To be included in this category, a completed supplementary information form (“SIF”) certified by an authorised representative of the ISKCON Bhaktivedanta Manor temple (Dharam Marg, Hilfield Lane, Radlett, Watford WD25 8HE). Authorised representatives for criteria 4 are stated on the SIF form.
Criteria 5. Up to 15 places to Hindu children with a practising Hindu parent.
Criteria 6. All other children.
Total Reception Places Available and Offered
Total Number of Preferences Expressed
Number of Places allocated
(Furthest Distance Offered In Miles)
0
0
28
0
5
The furthest distance offered under sub-criteria 4.2 (1.946 miles). Allocation in the order of priority according to the Admissions Policy
4.1 – 0
4.2 – 5 (1.715 miles)
15 (0.277 miles)
12 (0.316 miles)
60
250
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