Thorns Community Infant School, Kenilworth
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 5 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Thorns Community Infant School excels at creating a nurturing, inclusive environment where every child feels valued and safe. Teachers are skilled at phonics and early reading, helping pupils to progress quickly, while the school's ambitious approach to enrichment - from forest school to swimming to visits to places of worship - ensures all pupils, including the most disadvantaged, access a rich learning experience. Parents love the caring atmosphere and close partnerships with families.
Key Strengths
- Pupils achieve well in phonics, reading, writing and number facts, with most ready for junior school by the end of Year 2
- High attendance rates and very low persistent absence due to effective monitoring and family support
- Warm, positive relationships throughout the school create a calm learning environment where pupils feel safe
- Strong inclusion and support for disadvantaged pupils, those with special educational needs and those known to social care
- Wide range of enrichment activities including forest school, swimming, coding club and trips that are accessible to all pupils
Areas for Improvement
- Quality and presentation of work across the wider curriculum remains variable, though this is improving
- Tasks across the wider curriculum are not always precisely matched to pupils' needs and intended learning outcomes
- Some early years staff miss opportunities to extend children's language during interactions
- Support for some older pupils with barriers to learning could have been identified and implemented earlier
- Some pupils who receive adult support would benefit from greater independence in their learning
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - leaders have established an open culture in which safeguarding is everyone's responsibility, concerns are actively identified and acted upon, and pupils feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Coding club, forest school, swimming, trips, visits to places of worship, parent events
Thorns Community Infant School is a warm, welcoming infant school where pupils achieve well in reading, writing and mathematics, and develop secure knowledge across the curriculum. Leaders have established effective systems for safeguarding, inclusion and personal development that help all pupils, especially the most vulnerable, to thrive.
At a Glance
8.3%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
29.3
Avg class size
29.3
Infant (KS1)
6
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
94%
Near capacity
169 pupils
180 capacity
11 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Kenilworth
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Kenilworth
Admissions Demand - Warwickshire
Places available
7,187
Applications
6,166
Got 1st preference
90.6%
Got preferred school
98.0%
Primary admissions across Warwickshire (2025/26)
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Pupil Absence2024/25
3.60169%
Overall absence
6.66667%
Persistent absence
120
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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