The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Warminster, Wiltshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.397 miles
Published by Wiltshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre is a primary school in Warminster, Wiltshire for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 30 April 2024. Wiltshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre 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 | 1.397 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 1.397 miles, the 48th shortest of 192 Wiltshire primary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 3.68 miles.
- Reception 2026 drew 29 first-choice applications for 29 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 41% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 figure was the lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Wiltshire that have results.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Wiltshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- 7 The Avenue, The Avenue Primary School and Childrens Centre, Warminster, BA12 9AA
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Wiltshire
- Pupils on roll
- 262 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 30 April 2024
Strengths
- “The Avenue Primary is an inclusive school.”
- “Pupils are proud to be part of the school community and attend regularly.”
- “They are resilient and strive to be the best they can be.”
To improve
- “However, the school is aware that assessment is not consistently used effectively.”
- “This means that gaps in knowledge remain for some pupils.”
- “Consequently, academy councillors have not yet had the opportunity to show the impact of their role in supporting the school to improve further.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 June 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 41% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 29 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 29 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 Wiltshire.
- New Close Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- The Minster CofE Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sambourne Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St John's CofE School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Princecroft Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St George's Catholic Primary School, Warminster 1.1 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Crockerton CofE Primary School 2.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Sutton Veny CofE School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published