Avalon School
Avalon School is a council special school in Street for boys and girls aged 11 to 19. It has 81 pupils, 21 more than it has places for. About 49 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2023.
Brooks Road, Street, BA16 0PS0790 475 7483avalonschool.org.ukMrs Helen Farnell (Executive Headteacher) Amy Norris (Head of School) headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
A shorter visit on 19 July 2023 found nothing to change the school's grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Good overall. A shorter follow-up visit found nothing to change that. The last full inspection was before September 2019, which is as far back as Ofsted's public records go, so we can't show its date or the grades for each area.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
9 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
The government hasn't published this school's headline results. Fewer than eleven pupils sat the exams, so the figures could identify individual children.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Somerset council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
Specialist SEND provision. A special school for pupils with autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, other needs, physical disability, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficulties, specific learning difficulties, visual impairment.
To get a place in the unit or resourced provision, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school. Other schools in Somerset with autism provision.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: Autistic spectrum disorder (25), Moderate learning difficulty (16), language and communications needs (10), emotional and mental health (7), Specific learning difficulty (7), Profound and multiple learning difficulty (6).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 81 | 73 | 65 | 60 | 56 | 57 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 47% | 43% | 45% | 47% | 41% | 44% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 90.9% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2018/19 | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 9.1% | 7.7% | 9.6% | 12.5% | 7.9% | 3.9% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 7.2% | 6.1% | 7.1% | 6.7% | 6.4% | 3.2% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 1.9% | 1.6% | 2.5% | 5.8% | 1.5% | 0.6% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 25.4% | 20.8% | 24.5% | 34.8% | 27.8% | 5.0% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 4.1 | 3.1 | 11.7 | 1.8 | 10.5 | – | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
Where the 8 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2019/20 leavers | 2018/19 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 100% | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| Education | 100% | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Work | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Not in education, work or training | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other special schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookside Community Primary School | Academy | 150 m | 544 | Good 2023 | 28 | Compare |
| Hindhayes Infant School | Council | 0.8 miles | 165 | No overall grade 2024 | 27 | Compare |
| Elmhurst Junior School | Academy | 1.0 miles | 210 | Good 2023 | 54 | Compare |
| Millfield School | Independent (grammar) | 1.1 miles | 1,276 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Walton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Church of England | 1.1 miles | 129 | Good 2023 | 69 | Compare |
| Crispin School Academy | Academy | 1.3 miles | 978 | Good 2023 | 38 | Compare |
| Compton Dundon School | Independent | 1.8 miles | 17 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Tor School | Pupil referral unit | 2.1 miles | 30 | Good 2020 | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Avalon School a good school?
Avalon School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in July 2023.
What is Avalon School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Avalon School good at its last full inspection on 19 July 2023.
How many pupils does Avalon School have?
81 pupils aged 11 to 19 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 60 places, so it is 135% full.
What is attendance like at Avalon School?
Pupils were in school 90.9% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 25% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
Does Avalon School have specialist SEND provision?
Yes. It is a special school for autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, other needs, physical disability, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficulties, specific learning difficulties, visual impairment. To get a place there, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school.
Does Avalon School have a sixth form?
Yes.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Brooks Road, Street, BA16 0PS
- Telephone
- 0790 475 7483
- Website
- www.avalonschool.org.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Helen Farnell (Executive Headteacher) Amy Norris (Head of School)
- Type of school
- Council special school (Community special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 11-19, with sixth form
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Ward
- Street
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- URN
- 123945 · LAESTAB 9337018 · UKPRN 10014983
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.