All-through
The Avenue Special School
The Avenue Centre, Conwy Close, Tilehurst, Reading, RG30 4BZ
Key facts
- Phase
- All-through
- Type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 2 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 253 of 249 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 9.3
- Local authority
- Reading
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
- SEN provision
- SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Trust
- THE AVENUE SCHOOL SPECIAL NEEDS ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 25.1
- All staff (FTE)
- 158.7
- Pupils per adult
- 1.5
- Pupils
- 233
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2023
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
September 2019
Ungraded inspection
Outstanding
Read the report (opens in a new tab)
GCSE results
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | 0% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 0% |
| 23/24 | 0% |
| 24/25 | 0% |
The Avenue Centre, Conwy Close, Tilehurst, Reading, RG30 4BZ
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Reading admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Symon Cooke
- Address
- The Avenue Centre, Conwy Close, Tilehurst, Reading, RG30 4BZ
- Telephone
- 01183389038