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The Avenue Special School[1]

Special · ages 2–19

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Results

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GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
1.2 2018/19[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
0% 2018/19[2]
Progress 8
-1.54 2018/19[2]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[3]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[4]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[5]

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
0% 2024/25[6]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
0% 2024/25[6]
Maths, average scaled score
80 2016/17[7]
All results, 2021/22
Not published[8]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[8]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[8]
Earlier years
Year Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) Higher standard (reading, writing & maths) Maths, average scaled score
2023/24 0%[9] 0%[9]
2022/23 0%[10] 0%[10]
2017/18 0%[11] 0%[11]
2016/17 0%[7] 0%[7] 80[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
100% 2022/23[12]
School sixth form
0% 2022/23[12]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[12]
Further education college
13% 2022/23[12]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[12]
Employment
0% 2022/23[12]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 100%[13] 0%[13] 0%[13] 7%[13] 0%[13] 0%[13]
2020/21 100%[14] 0%[14] 0%[14] 0%[14] 0%[14] 0%[14]
2019/20 100%[15] 0%[15] 0%[15] 9%[15] 0%[15] 0%[15]
2018/19 100%[16] 0%[16] 0%[16] 33%[16] 0%[16] 0%[16]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
16 May 2023[17]
Type
S5 Inspection[17]
Report published
27 Jun 2023[17]
Personal development
Good[17]
Quality of education
Good[17]
Overall effectiveness
Good[17]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[17]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[17]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[17]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[17]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
24 Sep 2019[18] Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools[18] No overall grade[18]
Date not published[19] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[19] No overall grade[19]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy special converter[1]
Ages
2–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
249[1]
Trust
THE AVENUE SCHOOL SPECIAL NEEDS ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority
Reading[1]
Website
https://www.avenue.reading.sch.uk/[1]
District
Reading[20]
Postcode
RG30 4BZ[1]
URN
137435[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
246 2024/25[21]
English as an additional language
35% 2024/25[21]
SEN support
0% 2024/25[21]
EHC plan
100% 2024/25[21]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
39.6% 2024/25[21]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
33.6%[22]
Mixed
11.9%[22]
Asian
31.2%[22]
Black
13.8%[22]
Any other ethnic group
1.2%[22]
Unclassified
8.3%[22]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series for the 2020/21 academic year was cancelled
  5. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2019/20. Period 2019/20. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in 2020
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2016/17, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (2)
    We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
    This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  17. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2019/20. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  19. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2015/16. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  20. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  21. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  22. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.