Pickering Community Infant School
Ruffa Lane, Pickering, YO18 7AT
197 pupils · 88% of 225 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Free school meals
- 18.8%
Ofsted
Good (2024) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 9 July 2024, published 30 September 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.96 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 50 | 48 | 69 | 50 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 49 | 47 | 73 | 47 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 48 | 46 | 74 | 48 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 47 | 46 | 66 | 47 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 43 | 44 | 51 | 43 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 41 | 39 | 44 | 40 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 52 | 45 | 56 | 48 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 38 | 38 | 45 | 38 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Pickering Community Junior School 0.8 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy 1 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Thornton Dale CofE Primary School 3.2 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Sinnington Community Primary School 6.3 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Rillington Primary School 11.1 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Kirkbymoorside Community Primary School 11.2 km · Good (2024) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.