The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre

The Avenue Primary School is performing well, demonstrating a good overall effectiveness in its educational delivery. The school has made commendable progress since its previous inspection, focusing on improving the curriculum, which is now ambitious and engaging, allowing students to thrive academically and socially. Many parents express satisfaction with the supportive environment where their children feel safe and valued. While the personal development of pupils is outstanding, the school recognizes the need to further enhance assessment practices to address knowledge gaps in some students.

Strengths

• Pupils have positive attitudes towards learning and regularly attend school.
• The school's curriculum is ambitious, exciting, and inclusive.
• High-quality reading instruction helps pupils develop a love of reading.
• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Effective leadership and management with robust oversight from trust leaders.

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment is not consistently used effectively, leading to gaps in knowledge for some pupils.
• The new academy council has not yet had the opportunity to show its impact.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre attended 94.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 3.3% of pupils at The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre had 22.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 12.2% of pupils at The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 14.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 18 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre received £8,044 and spent £7,834 for each of its 263 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £273,000 (£1,038 per pupil).

Across all 21 schools of Acorn Education Trust, income was £8,177 and spending £8,032 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Warminster · Wiltshire local authority: places and applications

The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre is part of Acorn Education Trust, which runs 21 schools. The nearest others:

• New Close Primary School Warminster
• St John's CofE School Warminster
• Kingdown School Warminster
• Dilton Marsh CofE Primary School Westbury
• Heytesbury Church of England Primary School Warminster
• Chapmanslade Church of England Primary School Westbury
• West Ashton Church of England Primary School Trowbridge
• Willowbrook Primary School Trowbridge
• The Clarendon Academy Trowbridge
• Keevil CofE Primary School Trowbridge

What is The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre is Good, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre last inspected by Ofsted?

The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre have?

The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre has 262 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre cover?

The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 41% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre?

The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre is at 7 The Avenue, The Avenue Primary School and Childrens Centre, Warminster, Wiltshire, BA12 9AA.