Rated on Ofsted and the parent survey. Infant schools sit no SATs.
Infant schools stop at Year 2, so children here move to a junior school for Year 3.
This school
Spennithorne Church of England VA Infant School
Junior school
Middleham Church of England Aided School
Partner junior school
Middleham Church of England Aided School
Year 3 to Year 6 · 1.2 miles away from Spennithorne Church of England VA Infant School
Both schools are in The Federation of Middleham (VA) & Spennithorne (VC) CE Primary Schools, so one governing body runs them.
View schoolYou apply for a Year 3 place through the council where you live by 15 January in Year 2, even for Middleham Church of England Aided School. Check its admission arrangements for any priority it gives children from its partner infant school.
Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 5 October 2022
Compared with the local authority and England
Results for 2025 were not published for this school. The Department for Education withholds figures when too few pupils took the tests, to protect their privacy.
Spennithorne Church of England VA Infant School's catchment area comes from its admission criteria, set by its governing body, which decide who is offered a place when more children apply than there are places. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance from home or a catchment boundary, and the school's admissions policy says which it uses. As a Church of England school, it can give priority to children on grounds of faith. Living nearby does not guarantee a place, and how far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.
Spennithorne Church of England VA Infant School is in North Yorkshire council's area. Check its admissions booklet for how far away places went in recent years. For a Reception place, apply through the council where you live by 15 January in the year your child starts school. Children leave after Year 2 for a junior school, and its partner is Middleham Church of England Aided School. You apply for a Year 3 place through the council where you live by 15 January in Year 2, even for Middleham Church of England Aided School. Check its admission arrangements for any priority it gives children from its partner infant school.
School workforce census, 2025/26.
Spennithorne Church of England VA Infant School was graded Good at its last Ofsted inspection, on 5 October 2022.
Apply through the council where you live by 15 January for a Reception place starting that September. Children start Reception in the September after their fourth birthday. You can usually list between 3 and 6 schools in order of preference, and offers are sent on 16 April, or the next working day. As a Church of England school it may also ask for a supplementary form, and its admissions policy says whether it does.
Spennithorne Church of England VA Infant School is an infant school, so children move to a junior school for Year 3. Its partner junior school is Middleham Church of England Aided School, 1.2 miles away. The two schools are federated, with one governing body. You apply for a Year 3 place through the council where you live by 15 January in Year 2, even for Middleham Church of England Aided School. Check its admission arrangements for any priority it gives children from its partner infant school.
Spennithorne Church of England VA Infant School's catchment area comes from its admission criteria, set by its governing body, which decide who is offered a place when more children apply than there are places. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance from home or a catchment boundary, and the school's admissions policy says which it uses. As a Church of England school, it can give priority to children on grounds of faith. Living nearby does not guarantee a place, and how far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.