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The Avenue Infant School

  • 4–7Ages
  • 165Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 121871URN

The Avenue, The Avenue Infant School, Wellingborough, NN8 4ET · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · May 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.2per place
close to North Northamptonshire median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in North Northamptonshire

117 applications for 53 places · 35th of 83 in North Northamptonshire
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 10 May 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.2applications per place, Reception
close to North Northamptonshire median (2.1) close to England median (2.2)

117 applications · 53 places offered · 50 named it first

  1. 2026 2.2; North Northamptonshire median median 2.1
  2. 2025 1.9; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  3. 2024 1.9; North Northamptonshire median median 1.9
  4. 2023 2.2; North Northamptonshire median median 1.9
  5. 2022 2.5; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  6. 2021 2.2; North Northamptonshire median median 1.9
  7. 2020 3.2; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  8. 2019 2.7; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  9. 2018 2.4; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  10. 2017 3.1; North Northamptonshire median median 2.0
  11. 2016 3.1; North Northamptonshire median median 2.2
  12. 2015 3.1; North Northamptonshire median median 2.4
  13. 2014 3.1; North Northamptonshire median median 2.1
More applications per place than the North Northamptonshire median in 12 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • North Northamptonshire median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026531172.2500.94
Sep 202544831.9420.95
Sep 2024581091.9500.86
Sep 2023551212.2571.04
Sep 2022601472.5711.18
Sep 2021581272.2621.07
Sep 2020581853.2761.31
Sep 2019601602.7721.20
Sep 2018601462.4510.85
Sep 2017601833.1631.05
Sep 2016591843.1791.34
Sep 2015601873.1641.07
Sep 2014601843.1641.07

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
121871 · 940/2100
Capacity
180 pupils · 165 on roll
Free school meals
17.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
The Avenue, The Avenue Infant School, Wellingborough, NN8 4ET
Local authority
North Northamptonshire

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources