The Avenue Special School

headteacher: Headteacher Symon Cooke

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

🌍 web: www.avenue.reading.sch.uk

Last updated: 28. February 2023

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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

20. January 2022

Ofsted last inspection

25. September 2019

Region › Const. › Ward

South East › Reading West › Tilehurst

SEN priorities

ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder

Sen2

MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty

Sen3

SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty

Free school meals %

37.70

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 2023)
• Mrs Tracey Green, Chief Financial Officer
  (1. February 2015—None)
• Mr Symon Cooke, Accounting Officer
  (1. September 2017—None)
• Mr Peter Jacobs, Trustee
  (1. October 2019—29. September 2023)
• Ms Penelope Suzanne Garden, Trustee
  (1. March 2019—28. February 2023)
• Mr James Michael Loftus, Trustee
  (1. March 2019—28. February 2023)
• Mr Brad McAvoy, Trustee
  (1. March 2019—28. February 2023)
• Mrs Janet Elizabeth Reynolds, Trustee
  (17. January 2017—16. January 2025)
• Mr James Bishop, Member
  (1. September 2021—None)
• Mr Clarence Mitchell, Member
  (4. November 2021—None)
• Mr Malcolm Caine, Member
  (4. November 2021—None)
• Mrs Jennifer Kettell, Trustee
  (1. November 2021—19. October 2022)
• Mrs Isobel Ballsdon, Trustee
  (1. September 2008—31. August 2024)