Education
Gilthwaites First School is located at one end of the village providing education from reception to year 5. The school is now part of a federation with Denby Dale Nursery. Denby Dale Nursery School received an outstanding OFSTED report for both the daycare and education provision in 2012. Denby Church of England Voluntary Aided First School is a voluntary aided primary school associated with the Church of England and situated in Upper Denby. The school has two classes, infants and juniors, with the infants running through years reception to year 2 and the juniors running through the years 3 to 5. At the turn of the millennium, there were around 40-50 pupils in the school.
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