The Avenue Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire
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.
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Key facts
- Address
- The Avenue, The Avenue Infant School, Wellingborough, NN8 4ET
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- 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.
Last distance offered and catchment
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- Last distance offered for Reception 2026, as North Northamptonshire published it, drawn on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
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