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
Thorns Community Infant School
Junior school
Park Hill Junior School
Partner junior school
Year 3 to Year 6 · 990 m away from Thorns Community Infant School
Both schools are in Thorns and Park Hill Federation, 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 Park Hill Junior School. Check its admission arrangements for any priority it gives children from its partner infant school.
Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 28 April 2026
Infant schools do not sit SATs, and no Year 2 results are published for schools, so there are no exam results for Thorns Community Infant School.
Children from here take SATs in Year 6 at Park Hill Junior School
66%
met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25, against 63% across England.
See Park Hill Junior School's resultsThorns Community Infant School's catchment area comes from its admission criteria, set by the local authority, Warwickshire, 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. Living nearby does not guarantee a place, and how far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.
Thorns Community Infant School is in Warwickshire 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 Park Hill Junior School. You apply for a Year 3 place through the council where you live by 15 January in Year 2, even for Park Hill Junior School. Check its admission arrangements for any priority it gives children from its partner infant school.
School workforce census, 2025/26.
Ofsted’s survey of parents at this school
100%
of parents would recommend this school to another parent
98%
of parents have a positive overall view of the school
53 responses up to 7 September 2026 · 31% response rate
My child is happy at this school.
100% agreeMy child feels safe at this school.
100% agreeThe school makes sure its pupils are well behaved.
100% agreeMy child has been bullied, and the school dealt with it quickly and effectively.
100% agreeMy child has SEND, and the school gives them the support they need to succeed.
100% agreeOfsted inspected Thorns Community Infant School on 28 April 2026 using a report card, which grades each area separately and gives no overall grade. The school met Ofsted's safeguarding standards. It was graded Expected standard for achievement, for curriculum and teaching, for inclusion, for leadership and governance, for personal development and wellbeing, for attendance and behaviour and for early years.
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.
Thorns Community Infant School is an infant school, so children move to a junior school for Year 3. Its partner junior school is Park Hill Junior School, 990 m 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 Park Hill Junior School. Check its admission arrangements for any priority it gives children from its partner infant school.
Thorns Community Infant School's catchment area comes from its admission criteria, set by the local authority, Warwickshire, 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. Living nearby does not guarantee a place, and how far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.
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