St Joseph's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Pickering, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From North Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy is a primary school in Pickering, North Yorkshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 4 May 2023. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 211 of the 285 other North Yorkshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 32.1% of pupils, against a middle figure of 18.9% across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire.
- With 84 pupils on roll in January 2026, there are 16.1 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.9 across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire.
- In 2024/25, 58% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Swainsea Lane, Pickering, YO18 8AR
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 84 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 4 May 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are friendly, happy and feel safe in this school.”
- “Pupils who join St Joseph’s in key stage 2, having had difficult educational experiences elsewhere, are supported exceptionally well.”
- “Their future educational opportunities are transformed.”
To improve
- “They are clear that the curriculum is work in progress.”
- “Opportunities for subject leaders to monitor and evaluate their subjects across school is limited.”
- “This limits their ability to see what is not working as well as they hoped, and make improvements where needed.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 June 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 58% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 6 first-preference applications, 6 offers in total, 6 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.
- Pickering Community Junior School 0.1 mi School remains Good
- Pickering Community Infant School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Thornton Dale CofE Primary School 2.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sinnington Community Primary School 3.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kirkbymoorside Community Primary School 6.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Amotherby Community Primary School 7.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Rillington Primary School 7.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Malton Primary Academy 7.4 mi Not judged Last distance published