ISKCON Foundation
The designated religious authority for the Avanti Schools Trust, and the inspecting body for the Section 48 inspections of its schools.
About us
Who we are
The ISKCON Foundation is a charity registered in England and Wales. Our purpose is to safeguard and develop the Hindu faith character of the schools, by providing resources, support and particularly through faith guidance and inspections for Avanti Schools.
Our tradition
What is ISKCON?
ISKCON stands for the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. It is a worldwide movement within the Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism, centred on the worship of one supreme divine, most personally known as Krishna, a name meaning "all-attractive".
Founded in 1966 by Srila Prabhupada, ISKCON today has communities in more than a hundred countries.
Inspections
Section 48 inspections
Under Section 48 of the Education Act 2005, every school in England with a designated religious character is inspected for the quality of its religious education and the place of faith in its everyday life. For the schools of the Avanti Schools Trust, this work is carried out by the ISKCON Foundation.
Our inspections sit alongside, and are independent of, the Ofsted inspections that every school undergoes. Ofsted looks at the school overall. We look at the school as a Hindu faith school: its religious education, its collective worship, the spiritual development of its pupils, and the lived character of its community.
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