Avon Valley Academy

School overview

Avon Valley Academy is a secondary school serving Salisbury, Wiltshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 517 pupils aged 11 to 16 on roll. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 34.8 — well below the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 5.6 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

18% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 46% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Avon Valley Academy their first choice was offered one of its 107 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 86% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 11.7%. There are about 16.6 pupils per teacher. Avon Valley Academy does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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.