Pickering Community Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–7 · Pickering, North Yorkshire
Pickering Community Infant School is a primary school in Pickering, North Yorkshire for ages 3–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 9 July 2024. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Ruffa Lane, Pickering, YO18 7AT
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 197 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 9 July 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and safe at this welcoming and inclusive school.”
- “Staff build nurturing relationships with pupils.”
- “Pupils benefit from opportunities to be leaders, including being part of the school’s ‘Eco-Council’.”
To improve
- “However, the quality of education that children receive in the early years is not good enough.”
- “This means that some children are not as ready for the next stage of their education as they need to be.”
- “However, in some subjects, the school does not sequence learning effectively.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 October 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 48 first-preference applications, 50 offers in total, 48 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Last distance offered and catchment
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- Last distance offered for Reception 2014 to 2026, as North Yorkshire published it, drawn on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in North Yorkshire.
- Pickering Community Junior School 0.5 mi School remains Good
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Thornton Dale CofE Primary School 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sinnington Community Primary School 3.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Rillington Primary School 6.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Kirkbymoorside Community Primary School 7.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Malton Primary Academy 7.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy 7.2 mi Not judged Last distance published