Education leaders behind Leicester's first Hindu primary have applied to open an all-through school in the North East of the city.
The Avanti Schools Trust opened Krishna Avanti Primary, in Evington, in 2011. Now it has applied to the Department of Education to open a school taking pupils from five to 19 at a different site.
The trust says details of the site are "commercially sensitive" but says it would be purpose built and may require temporary buildings for it to open in September 2017. Although the school would have a Hindu ethos, it would take pupils from all backgrounds and faiths.
Nitesh Gor, chief executive of the Avanti Schools' Trust, said: "We applied in March to the Department of Education for permission to open the new school. Given the pressure on places in the city, we feel there's a definite need for this and parental appetite for it.
"Although it will have a Hindu ethos, it will welcome pupils from all backgrounds and faiths in terms of admissions criteria with no specific quota given to any particular religion.
"It's very exciting and we believe we have put forward a very strong business case to the Government and await its response.
"We've already done something similar to this in Harrow and so we know this model works."
The proposed school does not yet have a name. Free schools can be set up by parents, charities and faith groups. They do not have to follow the national curriculum, but must provide a broad and balanced education. The trust already runs a secondary school in Harrow and three other primaries in and around London.
Krishna Avanti Primary, in Evington, was rated "good" by Ofsted in May 2013.
