Secondary · SP4 · Wiltshire

Avon Valley Academy

Recreation Road, Durrington, Salisbury, SP4 8HH

ACORN EDUCATION TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

Area judgements

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedArea judgements
Attendance94%
AttainmentProgress 8: -0.18
AdmissionsOften has places
Pupils517

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Area judgements

New inspection format: no single overall grade.

Latest visit (Sept 2025): no overall grade — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development and leadership and management good. See the full Ofsted report.

Inspection history

  1. Previous gradedRequires improvement

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in SP4. Where we have them, council (Wiltshire) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
517
Free school meals
24.9%
11.4% above district average (13.5%)

Also: Wiltshire 16.7% · England 25.8%

SEN
17.6%
1.4% below district average (19%)

Also: Wiltshire 17% · England 16.5%

EAL
15.1%
5.6% above district average (9.5%)
Attendance
94%
1.3% below district average (95.3%)

Also: Wiltshire 91.5% · England 91.9%

Persistent absence
16.8%
Progress 8
-0.18 (2023/24)
Attainment 8
34.8
Grade 5+ English & maths
18.2%
Grade 4+ English & maths
45.5%
Entered for EBacc
13%
EBacc average point score
2.92

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the SP4 average; the darker bar is this school.

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2196%
  • 2021/2288.7%
  • 2022/2389.7%
  • 2023/2488.3%
  • 2024/2590%

Admissions

Demand signal
Often has places
Published capacity (GIAS)
1032
Pupils on roll
517

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Wiltshire page.

SEN support

SEN %
17.6%
On-site provision
Resourced provision · SPLD, HI, SLCN, ASD
Need types
SPLDHISLCNASDSEMHPDMLD

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
  • Methodology · Data updates