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The Avenue Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Academy
The Avenue, Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough TS7 0AG · theavenueprimaryschool.co.uk · 01642 318510
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 73%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Middlesbrough 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Middlesbrough Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 446
- 26 over 420 places · 106%
- Local authority
- Middlesbrough
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 8.4%
- First language not English
- 2.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Middlesbrough Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 40 families put the school first and 41 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 41 | 40 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 48 | 46 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 53 | 53 | 1 | 98% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 43 | 43 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 58 | 56 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 73% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 11% the higher standard. Across Middlesbrough it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲73% | 62% | ||
| ▲11% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 111595)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 2 March 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for The Avenue Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 1 Mar 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2012
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 111595), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Sept 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 111595)
Nov 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 111595)
Mar 2010Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 111595)
What parents said
98% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (89 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 98%
- Replies
- 89
- 20% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 69% who raised concerns
based on the 19% who had a child bullied
based on 11 parents (12%) with SEND