Pickering Community Junior School
Middleton Road, Pickering, YO18 8AJ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Acting Headteacher
- Mrs Michaela De Barr
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 282
- Pupils on roll
- 184
- URN
- 121356
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01751472873
About this school
Pickering Community Junior School is a community primary school in Pickering. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 184 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 21 March 2024, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 68 | 55 | 56 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 53% | 56% | 45% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 11% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 69% | 71% | 75% |
| Expected standard in maths | 67% | 71% | 63% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 60% | 69% | 70% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 105.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.80 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Pickering Community Junior School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | North Yorkshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 53% | 56.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 56% | 58.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 45% | 59.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 214 |
| 2023/24 | 196 |
| 2024/25 | 186 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Pickering Community Junior School compares
Pickering Community Junior School ranked 190th of 233 primary schools in North Yorkshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 16% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 45% | 4.4% | 21% | 184 | — |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy | 58% | 4.9% | 48.5% | 84 | 0.1 miles |
| Pickering Community Infant School | — | 4.6% | 14.7% | 197 | 0.5 miles |
| Thornton Dale CofE Primary School | 63% | 4.1% | 8% | 146 | 2.5 miles |
| Sinnington Community Primary School | 100% | 4% | 4% | 110 | 3.4 miles |
| Kirkbymoorside Community Primary School | 44% | 5.8% | 36.8% | 181 | 6.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 20.97%
- English as an additional language
- 3.2%
- Overall absence
- 4.35%
- Persistent absence
- 10.36%
Location
Nearby schools
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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy0.1 miles
Primary · Pickering
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Pickering Community Infant School0.5 miles
Primary · Pickering
-
Thornton Dale CofE Primary School2.5 miles
Primary · Pickering
-
Sinnington Community Primary School3.4 miles
Primary · York
-
Kirkbymoorside Community Primary School6.5 miles
Primary · York
Other schools in Pickering
Common questions
- What year groups does Pickering Community Junior School teach?
- Pickering Community Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Pickering.
- Who is the acting headteacher of Pickering Community Junior School?
- The acting headteacher of Pickering Community Junior School is Mrs Michaela De Barr, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Pickering Community Junior School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Pickering Community Junior School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Pickering Community Junior School?
- Pickering Community Junior School has 184 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Pickering Community Junior School full?
- Pickering Community Junior School has capacity for 282 pupils and 184 on roll (65%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Pickering Community Junior School a faith school?
- No. Pickering Community Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Is Pickering Community Junior School a selective school?
- No. Pickering Community Junior School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Does Pickering Community Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Pickering Community Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Pickering Community Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 53% in 2022/23 and 45% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Pickering Community Junior School rank locally?
- Pickering Community Junior School ranked 190th of 233 primary schools in North Yorkshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 16% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Pickering Community Junior School's absence rate?
- Pickering Community Junior School's overall absence rate is 4.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Pickering Community Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Pickering Community Junior School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.