Avanti Park School

Avanti Park School is performing well overall, being rated as 'Good' with outstanding elements in behavior, personal development, and leadership. The school has fostered a nurturing environment where pupils flourish, supported by high academic expectations and a strong curriculum that prepares them well. The relationships between staff and pupils are warm and supportive, leading to exemplary behavior and a positive atmosphere conducive to learning. The school has shown significant improvements since its inception, receiving praise from the community regarding its transformation. Despite these strengths, the inspection highlighted that there are still areas for development, particularly in helping pupils achieve the best possible outcomes in writing, as their written work does not consistently reflect their learning achievements across all subjects. The school aims to address this through continued improvements to their writing curriculum. Overall, Avanti Park School is making great strides, but there remains some work to do to ensure all pupils can fully demonstrate their capabilities.

Strengths

• Pupils thrive in a nurturing environment with high academic expectations.
• Outstanding behavior and attitudes among pupils.
• Emphasis on character and moral development through the school's virtues.
• Strong leadership has led to significant improvements since the school's opening.
• Wide range of extracurricular opportunities promoting personal development.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND and disadvantaged backgrounds.

Areas for Improvement

• Pupils' written work does not consistently reflect their knowledge and skills.

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 Avanti Park School attended 93.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.6% 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, 0.6% of pupils at Avanti Park School 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 Avanti Park School had 21.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.3% 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, 13.5% of pupils at Avanti Park School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

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 Avanti Park School received £7,210 and spent £7,529 for each of its 524 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £745,000 (£1,422 per pupil).

Across all 12 schools of Avanti Schools Trust, income was £7,834 and spending £7,941 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 Frome · Somerset local authority: places and applications

Avanti Park School is part of Avanti Schools Trust, which runs 12 schools. The nearest others:

• Avanti Gardens School Bristol
• Avanti House Primary School Stanmore
• Avanti House School Stanmore
• Krishna Avanti Primary School Edgware
• Krishna Avanti Primary School Croydon
• Avanti Court Primary School Barkingside
• Krishna Avanti Primary School Leicester
• Avanti Fields School Leicester
• Avanti Brook Primary School Bishops Stortford
• Avanti Grange Secondary School Bishops Stortford

What is Avanti Park School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Avanti Park School is Good, from an inspection in March 2024.

When was Avanti Park School last inspected by Ofsted?

Avanti Park School was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does Avanti Park School have?

Avanti Park School has 503 pupils on roll.

What age range does Avanti Park School cover?

Avanti Park School for pupils aged 3 to 13.

What are Avanti Park School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Avanti Park School?

Avanti Park School is at Avanti Park School, Park Road, Frome, Somerset, BA11 1EU.