Pickering Community Infant School
Ruffa Lane, Pickering, YO18 7AT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah Gillam
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 225
- Pupils on roll
- 197
- URN
- 121363
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01751472620
About this school
Pickering Community Infant School is a community primary school in Pickering. It teaches children aged 3 to 7 and has 197 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Pickering Community Infant School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Pickering Community Infant 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 183 |
| 2023/24 | 182 |
| 2024/25 | 187 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Pickering Community Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 71% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.6% | 14.7% | 197 | — |
| Pickering Community Junior School | 45% | 4.4% | 21% | 184 | 0.5 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy | 58% | 4.9% | 48.5% | 84 | 0.6 miles |
| Thornton Dale CofE Primary School | 63% | 4.1% | 8% | 146 | 2.0 miles |
| Sinnington Community Primary School | 100% | 4% | 4% | 110 | 3.9 miles |
| Rillington Primary School | 64% | 6.3% | 20.6% | 111 | 6.9 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)
- 14.71%
- English as an additional language
- 1.6%
- Overall absence
- 4.59%
- Persistent absence
- 9.09%
Location
Nearby schools
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Pickering Community Junior School0.5 miles
Primary · Pickering
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy0.6 miles
Primary · Pickering
-
Thornton Dale CofE Primary School2.0 miles
Primary · Pickering
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Sinnington Community Primary School3.9 miles
Primary · York
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Rillington Primary School6.9 miles
Primary · Malton
Other schools in Pickering
Common questions
- What ages does Pickering Community Infant School teach?
- Pickering Community Infant School teaches children aged 3 to 7. It is a primary school in Pickering.
- Who is the headteacher of Pickering Community Infant School?
- The headteacher of Pickering Community Infant School is Mrs Sarah Gillam, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Pickering Community Infant School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Pickering Community Infant 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 many pupils are at Pickering Community Infant School?
- Pickering Community Infant School has 197 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 7.
- Is Pickering Community Infant School full?
- Pickering Community Infant School has capacity for 225 pupils and 197 on roll (88%), 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 Infant School a faith school?
- No. Pickering Community Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Pickering Community Infant School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Pickering Community Infant School as having nursery classes.
- What is Pickering Community Infant School's absence rate?
- Pickering Community Infant School's overall absence rate is 4.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Pickering Community Infant School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Pickering Community Infant School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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.