The Avenue Primary School and Children's CentreNew Close Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Warminster.

Summary of the comparison

The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre and New Close Primary School are primary schools in Warminster.

  • The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre scores 56 out of 100 (grade C, average) and New Close Primary School scores 64 out of 100 (grade C, average). New Close Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre was judged Good and New Close Primary School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 41.0% for The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre and 68.0% for New Close Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre (56.0% in 2022-23, 41.0% in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at New Close Primary School (67.0% in 2022-23, 68.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre versus New Close Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure WarminsterThe Avenue Primary School and Children's CentreWarminsterNew Close Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC56/100C64/100Stronger figure
Local ranking88th of 190 in Wiltshire 51st of 190 in Wiltshire Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy sponsor led Academy sponsor led
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll274 159
Capacity315 203
LocationWarminster, BA12 9AA Warminster, BA12 9JJ
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard41.0% 68.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard3.0% 5.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score106.0 Stronger figure104.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score104.0 104.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census274 159
Free school meals (ever 6)25.4% 15.1%
English as an additional language15.0% 13.2%
SEN support12.8% 35.9%
SEN with an EHC plan14.2% 5.7%
Attendance
Overall absence5.8% 4.6% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence10.5% Stronger figure15.3% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre

New Close Primary School

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