Pickering Community Infant School, Pickering

In its own words: "Our school motto is ‘Learning, Caring, Sharing’ and these are values that we hold central to everything that we do. As a hugely successful learning community, we are committed to children achieving their potential and know that this is gained through great teaching and learning, high expectations of behaviour and an environment where they feel happy, safe, valued and respected."

The school runs a breakfast club from 8:00am and after-school care, from £3.75 per session.

For September 2026 entry, 48 families put Pickering Community Infant School as their first choice and 69 named it as one of their preferences, for 50 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Pickering Community Infant School are Pickering Community Junior School (0.5 miles, Good, 75% reading, 63% maths); St Joseph's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy (0.6 miles, Good, 58% reading, 75% maths); Thornton Dale CofE Primary School (2 miles, 75% reading, 88% maths); and Sinnington Community Primary School (3.9 miles, 100% reading, 100% maths).

15.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 18 pupils (9.1%) received SEN support and 4 (2%) 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.

Pickering Community Infant School had 12 teachers in 2026, one for every 12 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Pickering (North Yorkshire Moors Railway), about 390 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is County Inf School (e-bound), 80 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Pickering Community Infant School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. On income deprivation affecting children it is in the 5th decile, where the 1st is the most deprived. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 36 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and other theft. That is well above the typical figure around schools in North Yorkshire (9), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Pickering Community Infant School issued 0 suspensions, 0 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.