Thornton Dale CofE Primary School
Castle Close, Pickering, YO18 7TW
146 pupils · 77% of 190 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Trust
- ELEVATE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Free school meals
- 10.3%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
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 4 March 2025, published 1 May 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 63% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 19% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.95 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 20 | 19 | 40 | 20 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 22 | 22 | 37 | 22 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 18 | 16 | 45 | 18 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 25 | 25 | 34 | 25 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 16 | 16 | 23 | 16 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 12 | 11 | 14 | 12 |
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 Infant School 3.2 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Pickering Community Junior School 4 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy 4.2 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Rillington Primary School 9 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Sinnington Community Primary School 9.4 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Snainton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 9.6 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.