The Avenue Infant School
The Avenue, Wellingborough, NN8 4ET
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Helen Morrall
- Constituency
- Wellingborough and Rushden
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 180
- Pupils on roll
- 165
- URN
- 121871
- Local authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01933276366
About this school
The Avenue Infant School is a community primary school in Wellingborough. It teaches children aged 4 to 7 and has 165 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected The Avenue Infant School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How The Avenue Infant School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 177 |
| 2023/24 | 178 |
| 2024/25 | 176 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Avenue Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.8% | 13.6% | 165 | — |
| Park Junior School, Wellingborough | 45% | 4.7% | 24.4% | 237 | 0.1 miles |
| Victoria Primary Academy | 52% | 4% | 24.9% | 412 | 0.4 miles |
| All Saints CEVA Primary School and Nursery | 63% | 3.9% | 12.7% | 242 | 0.5 miles |
| St Barnabas Church of England School | — | 5.7% | 19.8% | 170 | 0.5 miles |
| Freemans Endowed Church of England Junior Academy | 67% | 5.3% | 26.5% | 239 | 0.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 13.64%
- English as an additional language
- 40.9%
- Overall absence
- 5.76%
- Persistent absence
- 12.31%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Park Junior School, Wellingborough0.1 miles
Primary · Wellingborough
-
Victoria Primary Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Wellingborough
-
All Saints CEVA Primary School and Nursery0.5 miles
Primary · Wellingborough
-
St Barnabas Church of England School0.5 miles
Primary · Wellingborough
-
Freemans Endowed Church of England Junior Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Wellingborough
Other schools in Wellingborough
- All Saints CEVA Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Bozeat Community Primary School Primary
- Croyland Primary School Primary
- Finedon Mulso Church of England Junior School Primary
- Finedon Nursery and Infant School Primary
- Freemans Endowed Church of England Junior Academy Primary
- Great Doddington Primary Primary
- Irchester Community Primary School Primary
- Irthlingborough Junior School Primary
- Irthlingborough Nursery and Infant School Primary
- Little Harrowden Community Primary School Primary
- Oakway Academy Primary
Common questions
- What ages does The Avenue Infant School teach?
- The Avenue Infant School teaches children aged 4 to 7. It is a primary school in Wellingborough.
- Who is the headteacher of The Avenue Infant School?
- The headteacher of The Avenue Infant School is Mrs Helen Morrall, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has The Avenue Infant School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Avenue Infant School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at The Avenue Infant School?
- The Avenue Infant School has 165 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 7.
- Is The Avenue Infant School full?
- The Avenue Infant School has capacity for 180 pupils and 165 on roll (92%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is The Avenue Infant School a faith school?
- No. The Avenue Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does The Avenue Infant School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records The Avenue Infant School as having no nursery classes.
- What is The Avenue Infant School's absence rate?
- The Avenue Infant School's overall absence rate is 5.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does The Avenue Infant School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for The Avenue Infant School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.