The Avenue Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Middlesbrough
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.794 miles
Published by Middlesbrough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Avenue Primary School is a primary school in Middlesbrough for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 2 March 2023. Middlesbrough has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
The Avenue Primary 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 | 2.794 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The 2026 Reception last distance offered was 2.794 miles, 7th longest of 41 Middlesbrough primary schools with a published last distance, where the middle figure was 0.92 miles.
- Reception last distances have swung sharply between some years; the 2026 figure was about the same as in 2025, further than in 2022, and the longest of the 5 years.
- Reception 2026 drew 40 first-choice applications for 41 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 73% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 5th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Middlesbrough.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Middlesbrough schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- The Avenue, Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough, TS7 0AG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Middlesbrough
- Pupils on roll
- 446 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 2 March 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders are ambitious for every pupil to achieve well.”
- “Pupils benefit from a high-quality curriculum in many subjects.”
- “Pupils value and follow ‘The Golden Rules’, as do staff.”
To improve
- “However, leaders have recently begun to change the curriculums in the foundation subjects to ensure they are well sequenced.”
- “However, some pupils do not remember what they have been taught previously in history.”
- “Some pupils struggle to remember important knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 April 2023 (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) | 73% | 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: 40 first-preference applications, 41 offers in total, 40 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 Middlesbrough.
- St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Chandlers Ridge Academy 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lingfield Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Captain Cook Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Marton Manor Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Park End Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Easterside Academy 1.7 mi Good Last distance published