Platanos Foundation is set up to promote the education (including social and physical training) of people, and in particular current and past pupils of Platanos College and their families, in Lambeth, and neighbouring boroughs as appropriate, in such ways as the charity trustees think fit. The Platanos Foundation will provide activities and services to the local community, which includes current and past pupils of the Platanos College, their families. Platanos College is an academic academy located in Stockwell in the London Borough of Lambeth. Platanos College was the first school design
under the Building Schools for the Future programme to be given an ‘Excellent Building’ award by the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment.