The Avenue Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From North Northamptonshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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The Avenue Infant School is a primary school in Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire for ages 4–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 10 May 2023. North Northamptonshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
The Avenue Infant School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 Reception, there were 50 first-choice applications for 53 offers, which is 0.9 first choices per offer, the 40th lowest of 96 North Northamptonshire primary schools.
- For Reception 2026, 49 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family (2%) was not offered a place; 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- The published admission number for Reception 2027 is 60 places, and 165 pupils were on roll in January 2026.
- 19.9 pupils per teacher compares with a middle figure of 22.5 across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Northamptonshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other North Northamptonshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- The Avenue, The Avenue Infant School, Wellingborough, NN8 4ET
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- North Northamptonshire
- Pupils on roll
- 165 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 10 May 2023
Strengths
- “The Avenue Infant School is a caring and welcoming community.”
- “Leaders make sure that everyone is part of the school.”
- “Adults expect pupils to behave well.”
To improve
- “For example, leaders have identified that many children struggle to communicate when they start school in the Reception Year.”
- “The curriculum is not as well developed in some of the foundation subjects.”
- “While leaders have identified the end points they want pupils to reach in each year, the small steps of learning are not clear.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 July 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 50 first-preference applications, 53 offers in total, 49 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in North Northamptonshire.
- Park Junior School, Wellingborough 0.1 mi Standards maintained
- Victoria Primary Academy 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- All Saints CEVA Primary School and Nursery 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Barnabas Church of England School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Freemans Endowed Church of England Junior Academy 0.5 mi Not judged
- Oakway Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Croyland Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Redwell Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published