Pickhill Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Thirsk, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
10.003 miles
Published by North Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Pickhill Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Thirsk, North Yorkshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 10 November 2023. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Pickhill Church of England Primary 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 | 10.003 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 6 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 10.003 miles away, the longest of 50 North Yorkshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle 2.61 miles).
- Reception 2026 drew 14 first-choice applications for 9 offers (1.6 per offer), the 3rd highest of 278 North Yorkshire primary schools.
- In Reception 2026 all 9 offers went to first-choice families, and 5 first-choice families (36%) were not offered a place.
- There are 21.9 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 17 across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other North Yorkshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- The Green, Pickhill, Thirsk, YO7 4JL
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 60 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 10 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pickhill Church of England Primary School is a nurturing and caring school.”
- “Pupils thrive as part of the ‘Pickhill family’.”
- “Pupils are proud of their local area and community.”
To improve
- “Sometimes, in some curriculum subjects, teachers are not clear about how secure pupils’ prior learning has been.”
- “This means that, occasionally, pupils are given tasks that are not precisely matched to what they know and can do.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 December 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 14 first-preference applications, 9 offers in total, 9 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 North Yorkshire.
- Burneston Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- South Otterington Church of England Primary School 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Carlton Miniott Primary Academy 3.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Leeming RAF Community Primary School 3.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Alanbrooke Academy 4.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- South Kilvington Church of England Academy 4.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Snape Community Primary School 4.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Sowerby Primary Academy 5.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published