Primary schools in Pickering
5 primary schools in Pickering, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.
Pickering in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 4 schools in Pickering first 75 times for 78 places: 0.96 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the North Yorkshire authority's 280 schools. 0 of the 4 had more first choices than places.
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Pickering Community Infant School
- Pickering Community Junior School
- Rosedale Abbey Community Primary School
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy
- Thornton Dale CofE Primary School
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