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results to date, with 43% achieving five or more GCSEs including Maths and English at grades A*-C or equivalent. This was exceeded in 2011 when 53% per cent of students achieved grades A*-C in five GCSEs or equivalent qualifications, including Maths and English. In Ofsted reports in January 2011 and
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in line with government policy. As the school grew in the 1950s a new building was constructed at the end of Recreation Road, at the north-eastern corner of the village, at a cost of £118,732. The new building opened on 7 September 1959, and the old site became Durrington Junior School. In the 1970s
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Throughout its early history the school had limited academic success and went through a period of decline in the 1990s, culminating in it being placed in "special measures" in 2000. These measures were lifted earlier than expected in 2002, and the school showed considerable sustained improvement in
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Facilities at Avon Valley Academy include a tented sports hall, a dance studio, a café, and a gym which is open to the public outside school hours.
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in January 2009, and in September 2010 its status changed to a trust school. Since 2016 it has been an
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The school was established in 1922 on a site in Bulford Road, and in 1944 it became a
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extensive additions were made to the school buildings, and in 1974 it became a
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classes take place during the day and in the evening.
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Durrington
Wiltshire
Coordinates
51°12′10″N 1°46′09″W / 51.2028°N 1.7692°W / 51.2028; -1.7692
Academy
Wiltshire Council
Department for Education
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Tables
Ofsted
Reports
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www.avonvalleycollege.org.uk
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secondary school
Durrington
Wiltshire
secondary modern school
comprehensive school
Ofsted
foundation school
academy
GCSE
sixth form
Adult education
Claire Sturgess
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