The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre
General Information
- Address: 7 The Avenue, Warminster, BA12 9AA – View on map
- Phone: 01985213383
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Dan Hortop
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 29 families put it first for 29 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 10 · 2025 9 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: None
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 65
- % eligible for free school meals: 27.2%
- Pupil mix: 5 in 10 (more mixed than the Wiltshire average)
- English as an additional language: 18% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 31.7% a year (Wiltshire 17.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 14% moved to another school, 86% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Wiltshire: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 6 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 6 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 2 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Wiltshire, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 5.8%
- Persistently absent pupils: 10.5%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- Resourced provision for AutismSpeech, language and communicationSocial, emotional and mental healthModerate learning difficultiesSpecific learning difficulties (e.g. dyslexia)Hearing impairmentMulti-sensory impairmentPhysical disabilityOther needs 28 places · 27 pupils at the last count
Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.
- Pupils on SEN Support: 12.2%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 14.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 19 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 8 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 22 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 6 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 41% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 3% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 18 percentage points below the Wiltshire average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 52% against an expected 60%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 52%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 63% · Writing 69% · Maths 66% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 59%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 104
- Based on: 32 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 150th of 174 junior and primary schools in the area
- #149Aloeric Primary School42%
- =150Bellefield Primary and Nursery School41%
- =150The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre41%
- =152Keevil CofE Primary School40%
- =152Newton Tony Church of England Voluntary Controlled School40%
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114th of 143 primary schools in Wiltshire for Ofsted rating
- #112Sutton Benger Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #113Sutton Veny CofE SchoolGood
- #114The Avenue Primary School and Children's CentreGood
- #115The Corsham Regis Primary AcademyGood
- #116The Mead Community Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,916 (2024-25)
81st of 184 primary schools in Wiltshire for spending per pupil
- #79St Barnabas Church of England School, Market Lavington£6,955
- #80St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Devizes£6,920
- #81The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre£6,916
- #82Minety Church of England Primary School£6,879
- #83St Mary's Catholic Primary School£6,866
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