Krishna Avanti Primary School
Camrose Avenue, Edgware, HA8 6ES
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Hindu
- Trust
- AVANTI SCHOOLS TRUST
- Principal
- Ms Shriti Gadhia
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Harrow East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 456
- URN
- 138688
- Local authority
- Harrow
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02083813344
About this school
Krishna Avanti Primary School is a Hindu primary academy in Edgware. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 456 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 60 | 60 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 88% | 92% | 87% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 25% | 18% | 22% |
| Expected standard in reading | 88% | 97% | 93% |
| Expected standard in maths | 98% | 98% | 93% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 92% | 93% | 95% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 109.0 | 110.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 112.0 | 111.0 | 111.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +5.70 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Krishna Avanti Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Harrow average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 88% | 65.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 92% | 67.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 87% | 69.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 452 |
| 2023/24 | 455 |
| 2024/25 | 454 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Krishna Avanti Primary School compares
Krishna Avanti Primary School ranked 2nd of 39 primary schools in Harrow for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 95% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 94% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 87% | 3.5% | 3.6% | 456 | — |
| Stag Lane Primary School | 69% | 5.8% | 13.4% | 855 | 0.3 miles |
| Camrose Primary With Nursery | 61% | 5.8% | 24.8% | 410 | 0.3 miles |
| Edgware Primary School | 69% | 6% | 38.8% | 438 | 0.5 miles |
| Watling Park School | 55% | 5.4% | 49.5% | 400 | 0.5 miles |
| Shalom Noam Primary School | 74% | 4.5% | 2.9% | 226 | 0.6 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 3.56%
- English as an additional language
- 72.7%
- Overall absence
- 3.47%
- Persistent absence
- 5.45%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Stag Lane Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Edgware
-
Camrose Primary With Nursery0.3 miles
Primary · Edgware
-
Edgware Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Edgware
-
Watling Park School0.5 miles
Primary · Barnet
-
Shalom Noam Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Edgware
Other schools in Edgware
Krishna Avanti Primary School ranks 2nd of the 14 ranked primary schools in Edgware.
- Barnfield Primary School Primary
- Beit Shvidler Primary School Primary
- Camrose Primary With Nursery Primary
- Edgware Primary School Primary
- Goldbeaters Primary School Primary
- Menorah Foundation School Primary
- Rosh Pinah Primary School Primary
- Saracens Broadfields Primary
- Shalom Noam Primary School Primary
- Stag Lane Primary School Primary
- The Annunciation Catholic Infant School Primary
- The Annunciation RC Junior School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Krishna Avanti Primary School teach?
- Krishna Avanti Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Edgware.
- Who is the principal of Krishna Avanti Primary School?
- The principal of Krishna Avanti Primary School is Ms Shriti Gadhia, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Krishna Avanti Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Krishna Avanti Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Krishna Avanti Primary School?
- Krishna Avanti Primary School has 456 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Krishna Avanti Primary School full?
- Krishna Avanti Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 456 on roll (109%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Krishna Avanti Primary School a faith school?
- Yes. Krishna Avanti Primary School is designated Hindu.
- Does Krishna Avanti Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Krishna Avanti Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Krishna Avanti Primary School?
- Krishna Avanti Primary School is part of AVANTI SCHOOLS TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Krishna Avanti Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 88% in 2022/23 and 87% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Krishna Avanti Primary School rank locally?
- Krishna Avanti Primary School ranked 2nd of 39 primary schools in Harrow for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 95% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 94% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Krishna Avanti Primary School's absence rate?
- Krishna Avanti Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Krishna Avanti Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Krishna Avanti Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.