The Avenue Infant School

Community school·Infant school Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire·NN8 4ET

School type

Infant school

Ages 4–7

Key Stage 2 performance

The Avenue Infant School is an infant school for pupils aged 4–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

98%

50 first choices, 53 places

First choices per place

0.94

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

117

any preference, for 53 places

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.01

00.511.5

1 per place

1.1820221.0420230.8620240.9520250.942026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for The Avenue Infant School yet. North Northamptonshire does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness

Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Good

School profile

Age range: 4–7
Pupils on roll: 176
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

13.6%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

40.9%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

15.9%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

5.7%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

5.7%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

15.6%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

21.2

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£7,257

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

Park Junior School, Wellingborough Wellingborough · 0.2 mi 32.8 Victoria Primary Academy Wellingborough · 0.4 mi 46.6 Oakway Academy Wellingborough · 0.5 mi 46.1 All Saints CEVA Primary School and Nursery Wellingborough · 0.5 mi 51.4 Freemans Endowed Church of England Junior Academy Wellingborough · 0.6 mi 51.7 Croyland Primary School Wellingborough · 0.7 mi 49.8 Redwell Primary School Wellingborough · 0.9 mi 39.4 Our Lady's Catholic Primary School Wellingborough · 1.1 mi 30.6

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

About The Avenue Infant School

The Avenue Infant School is a primary school in Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 176 pupils aged 4 to 7 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted.

98% of the families who made The Avenue Infant School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 5.7%. There are about 21.2 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.