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Avon Valley Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Recreation Road, Durrington, Salisbury SP4 8HH · avonvalleyacademy.co.uk · 01980 652467
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 34.8
- average Attainment 8 score. Wiltshire 46.2, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 517
- 56% of 925 places
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 24.9%
- First language not English
- 13.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 99 families put the school first and 107 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 107 | 99 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 97 | 91 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 61 | 59 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 111 | 81 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 70 | 61 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 34.8, and 18.2% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Wiltshire it was 46.2, and across England 46.
In 2017/18 the average A level result was grade C- (26 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼34.8 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼18.2% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼45.5% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼13.0% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼2.92 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 126459)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 21.9 | +6 |
| Further education | 67.1 | +1.9 |
| Apprenticeship | 1.4 | 0 |
| Employment | 4.1 | −6 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 5.5 | +1.2 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
| 2018/19 | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applied general | 6 | Merit- (22.4) | Average +0.08 |
| Earlier years: Applied general | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016/17 | 13 | — | -0.19 |
| 2015/16 | 25 | — | +0.15 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2019/20 | Since 2016/17 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 33 | +4 |
| Further education | 9 | +2 |
| Employment | 33 | −10 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 25 | +18 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Avon Valley Academy on 1 July 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 1 Jul 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Feb 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
- Jun 2024Monitoring visitEffective action
Feb 2023Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2019Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement 16 to 19 study programmes Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Mar 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jan 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Requires improvement
What parents said
78% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (68 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 78%
- Replies
- 68
- 13% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 85% who raised concerns
based on the 53% who had a child bullied
based on 31 parents (46%) with SEND