Christopher Pickering Primary School, Hull

From the headteacher's welcome: "Everyone at Christopher Pickering Primary School is committed to doing their best for each and every child. To do this we try to ensure our school is colourful, exciting and welcoming to all who enter it - a place where children and adults feel secure and confident to experiment and take risks, whilst always striving for excellence."

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care until 5:30pm, from £2.00 per day.

In 2025, 87% of Year 6 pupils at Christopher Pickering Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 85% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 76% in Kingston upon Hull, City of; and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (86% in reading, 84% in maths).

For September 2026 entry, 56 families put Christopher Pickering Primary School as their first choice and 91 named it as one of their preferences, for 56 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Christopher Pickering Primary School are Rokeby Park Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 65% reading, 78% maths); St Thomas More Voluntary Catholic Academy (0.6 miles, Good, 73% reading, 65% maths); All Saints Church of England Junior Academy (0.8 miles, Good, 73% reading, 62% maths); and All Saints Church of England Infant Academy (0.8 miles, Good).

Christopher Pickering Primary School's 2025 results were higher than all 3 of them.

Christopher Pickering Primary School is one of 17 schools run by Humber Education Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 78% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

33.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 10.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 81 pupils (18.3%) received SEN support and 44 (9.9%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Christopher Pickering Primary School has a resourced provision (15 places, 15 pupils on roll) and a SEN unit (12 places, 12 pupils on roll) for hearing impairment, speech, language and communication needs and autism.

The nearest railway station is Hessle Rail Stn, about 1.5 miles away in a straight line.

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Campion Avenue, 300 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 185 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and public order offences. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Kingston upon Hull, City of (309).

In 2024/25, Christopher Pickering Primary School issued 5 suspensions, 1.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Christopher Pickering Primary School are Sirius Academy West (0.3 miles) and Hessle High School and Penshurst Primary School (1.7 miles).