The Avenue School
Christchurch Avenue, London, NW6 7BH
- Phase
- Free Schools
- School type
- Free schools special
- Ages
- 4 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- THE RISE PARTNERSHIP TRUST
- Headteacher
- Penny Doswell
- Constituency
- Brent East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 104
- Pupils on roll
- 116
- URN
- 143731
- Local authority
- Brent
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02038294690
About this school
The Avenue School is a special academy in London. It teaches children aged 4 to 18 and has 116 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
| Reading progress | -1.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.10 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 3 |
| Attainment 8 score | - |
| Progress 8 score | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How The Avenue 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 | Brent average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 60.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 61.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 64.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 73 |
| 2023/24 | 89 |
| 2024/25 | 100 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 44%
- English as an additional language
- 46%
- Overall absence
- 5.19%
- Persistent absence
- 9.78%
Location
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-
Manor School0.3 miles
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Brondesbury College London0.3 miles
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-
Al-Zahra School0.4 miles
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Common questions
- What year groups does The Avenue School teach?
- The Avenue School teaches children aged 4 to 18. It is a special school in London.
- Who is the headteacher of The Avenue School?
- The headteacher of The Avenue School is Penny Doswell, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Avenue School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Avenue 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 big is The Avenue School?
- The Avenue School has 116 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 18.
- Is The Avenue School full?
- The Avenue School has capacity for 104 pupils and 116 on roll (112%), so it is at or above 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 School a faith school?
- No. The Avenue School has no designated religious character.
- Who runs The Avenue School?
- The Avenue School is part of THE RISE PARTNERSHIP TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have The Avenue School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is The Avenue School's absence rate?
- The Avenue School's overall absence rate is 5.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Avenue School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Avenue School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
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 10 July 2026.