Thorns Community Infant School
Blackthorn Road, Kenilworth, CV8 2DS
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Lizzy Biggs
- Federation
- Thorns and Park Hill Federation
- Constituency
- Kenilworth and Southam
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 180
- Pupils on roll
- 169
- URN
- 125550
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01926853875
About this school
Thorns Community Infant School is a community primary school in Kenilworth. It teaches children aged 4 to 7 and has 169 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Thorns Community Infant School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
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- Achievement
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- Attendance and behaviour
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- Personal development and wellbeing
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- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
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- Safeguarding
- Met
Trends over time
How Thorns Community Infant School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 152 |
| 2023/24 | 145 |
| 2024/25 | 176 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Thorns Community Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 91% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 3.6% | 3.4% | 169 | — |
| St Nicholas CofE Primary School | 64% | 3.6% | 7.4% | 414 | 0.5 miles |
| Park Hill Junior School | 66% | 4.2% | 6.8% | 249 | 0.6 miles |
| St John's Primary School and Nursery | 83% | 5.4% | 19.1% | 252 | 0.6 miles |
| Clinton Primary School | 84% | 2.2% | 2.8% | 217 | 0.8 miles |
| St Augustine's Catholic Primary School | 68% | 3.8% | 7.6% | 181 | 1.2 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 3.41%
- English as an additional language
- 6.8%
- Overall absence
- 3.6%
- Persistent absence
- 6.67%
Location
Nearby schools
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St Nicholas CofE Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Kenilworth
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Park Hill Junior School0.6 miles
Primary · Kenilworth
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St John's Primary School and Nursery0.6 miles
Primary · Kenilworth
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Clinton Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Kenilworth
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St Augustine's Catholic Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Kenilworth
Other schools in Kenilworth
- Burton Green Church of England Academy Primary
- Clinton Primary School Primary
- Park Hill Junior School Primary
- Priors Field Primary School Primary
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St John's Primary School and Nursery Primary
- St Nicholas CofE Primary School Primary
- Kenilworth Nursery School & Early Years Training Centre Nursery
- Kenilworth School and Sixth Form Secondary
- Crackley Hall School Independent schools
Common questions
- What ages does Thorns Community Infant School teach?
- Thorns Community Infant School teaches children aged 4 to 7. It is a primary school in Kenilworth.
- Who is the headteacher of Thorns Community Infant School?
- The headteacher of Thorns Community Infant School is Miss Lizzy Biggs, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Thorns Community Infant School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Thorns Community Infant School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Thorns Community Infant School?
- Thorns Community Infant School has 169 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 7.
- Is Thorns Community Infant School full?
- Thorns Community Infant School has capacity for 180 pupils and 169 on roll (94%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Thorns Community Infant School a faith school?
- No. Thorns Community Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Thorns Community Infant School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Thorns Community Infant School as having no nursery classes.
- Is Thorns Community Infant School part of an academy trust?
- Thorns Community Infant School is part of the Thorns and Park Hill Federation federation. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What is Thorns Community Infant School's absence rate?
- Thorns Community Infant School's overall absence rate is 3.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Thorns Community Infant School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Thorns Community Infant School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 15 July 2026.