Thorns Community Infant School

Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · Kenilworth, Warwickshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.469 miles

Published by Warwickshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Thorns Community Infant School is a primary school in Kenilworth, Warwickshire for ages 4–7 (community school). Warwickshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.

Thorns Community Infant School catchment area: last distance offered

Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.

Entry	Last distance offered
Reception 2026	0.469 mi
Reception 2025	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2024	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2023	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2022	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2021	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2020	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2019	🔒 With a pass

And 1 earlier figure.

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

The last child offered a Reception place for 2026 lived 0.469 miles away, the 13th shortest of 176 Warwickshire primary schools with a published last distance.
The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and in 2023, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 4 years with a published distance.
For Reception in 2026, there were 61 first-choice applications for 59 offers: 56 offers went to first-choice families and 5 first-choice families were not offered a place.
Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 4 of the 8 years with a published outcome.

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Warwickshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Blackthorn Road, Kenilworth, CV8 2DS
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–7
Council: Warwickshire
Pupils on roll: 169 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 8.3% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 21.7

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

No Ofsted grade Inspected 28 April 2026

Strengths

“Thorns Community Infant School is a warm, welcoming and joyful place.”
“Pupils start the day with smiles on their faces.”
“They enjoy the time they spend with their friends and adults at the school.”

To improve

“At times, adults miss opportunities to interact with children to help them progress their learning even further.”
“Sometimes pupils' work across the wider curriculum does not reflect what they can achieve, but this is improving.”
“However, in some subjects, the presentation and quality of work are more variable.”

Safeguarding: met

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 June 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 61 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 56 offers to first-preference applicants.

Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.

Nearby primary schools

Straight-line distance, in Warwickshire.

St Nicholas CofE Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Park Hill Junior School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade
St John's Primary School and Nursery 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Clinton Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Priors Field Primary School 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
All Saints Church of England Academy 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
Telford Junior School 2.9 mi No Ofsted grade