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The Avenue Special School

The Avenue Special School
The Avenue Centre, Conwy Close
Tilehurst
Reading
Berkshire
England
RG304BZ

📞 phone: 01183 389038

headteacher: Headteacher Symon Cooke

✉️ reveal email: head…@reading.gov.ukreveal

🌍 web: www.avenue.reading.sch.uk

233 pupils mixed gender
249 pupils capacity: 94% full

163 boys 70%

70 girls 30%

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Special classes
Has Special Classes
Sixth form
Has a sixth form
Trust school
Supported by a single-academy trust
URN
137435
Establishment type
Academy special converter
Establishment #
7001
Open date
1. September 2011
Reason open
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OSGB coordinates
Easting: 467600, Northing: 172960
GPS coordinates
Latitude: 51.452, Longitude: -1.0286
Accepting pupils
2—19 years old
Boarders
No boarders
Census date
18. January 2024
Ofsted last inspection
16. May 2023
Region › Const. › Ward
South East › Reading West and Mid Berkshire › Tilehurst
SEN priorities
SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
Sen2
PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
Free school meals %
34.90
Trust
THE AVENUE SCHOOL SPECIAL NEEDS ACADEMY TRUST
Learning provider ref #
10035026

School governors

  • James Michael Loftus, Chair of Trustees
    (19. October 2022—19. October 2026)
  • Mrs Tracey Green, Chief Financial Officer
    (1. February 2015—None)
  • Mr Symon Cooke, Accounting Officer
    (1. September 2017—None)
  • Mrs Janet Elizabeth Reynolds, Trustee
    (17. January 2017—16. January 2025)
  • Mr Clarence Mitchell, Member
    (4. November 2021—None)
  • Mr Brad McAvoy, Trustee
    (28. June 2023—28. June 2027)
  • Miss Penelope Garden, Trustee
    (28. June 2023—28. June 2027)
  • Mrs Michelle Locke, Trustee
    (1. July 2023—1. July 2027)
  • Mr James Bishop, Trustee
    (13. December 2023—13. December 2027)
  • Mr Malcolm Caine, Trustee
    (13. December 2023—13. December 2027)
  • Mr Peter Jacobs, Member
    (13. December 2023—None)
  • Mr Jim Meechan, Member
    (13. December 2023—None)
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  18. Schools Secondary
  19. 0.5 miles King's Academy Prospect, RG304EX (1217 pupils)
  20. Chemists
  21. 0.5 miles Medway Pharmacy, RG304AA
  22. 0.6 miles Asda Pharmacy, RG304EL
  23. 0.6 miles Pottery Road Pharmacy, RG306BW
  24. 0.7 miles Triangle Pharmacy, RG315AW
  25. 0.7 miles Tilehurst Pharmacy, RG315AR
  26. Dentists
  27. 0.5 miles Mydentist, Meadway Shopping Centre, Tilehurst, RG304AA
  28. 0.8 miles Gentle Dental Care 4 U Ltd, RG315DG
  29. 0.8 miles The Elms Dental Practice, RG306AD
  30. Doctors
  31. 0.6 miles The Potteries, RG306BW
  32. 0.6 miles Tilehurst Surgery Partnership, RG306BW
  33. 0.8 miles Westwood Road Health Centre, RG315PR
  34. 0.8 miles Westwood Road Surgery, RG315PR
  35. Bars & Nightclubs
  36. 0.5 miles ★★★★★Calcot Park Golf Club Ltd, RG317RN
  37. Supermarkets
  38. 0.6 miles ★★★★★Lidl Great Britain Limited, RG302HB
  39. 0.6 miles ★★★★★Aldi Stores Limited, RG302HB

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