Christopher Pickering Primary School

Christopher Pickering Primary School demonstrates outstanding overall performance across all areas including education quality, behavior, personal development, leadership, and early years provision. The school's culture promotes inclusion and high expectations, ensuring that all pupils, regardless of their background, are encouraged to aim for excellence. Notably, the exceptional support for pupils with special educational needs is a significant strength, as they make excellent progress facilitated by a tailored curriculum and skilled staff. The school's commitment to nurturing a love of learning, particularly through reading and diverse curriculum opportunities, enriches pupils' educational experiences.

Strengths

• Exceptional quality of education for all pupils, including those with SEND.
• Strong commitment to inclusion and community service.
• High expectations for all pupils' behavior and conduct.
• Effective early years provision preparing children for Year 1.
• Engaging and ambitious curriculum exceeding national standards.
• Wide range of extracurricular activities enhancing personal development.
• Strong support and rapid progress for students with complex needs.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Christopher Pickering Primary School attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.7% of pupils at Christopher Pickering Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Christopher Pickering Primary School had 20.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 22.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 18.3% of pupils at Christopher Pickering Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 9.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Christopher Pickering Primary School received £7,736 and spent £7,325 for each of its 442 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £326,000 (£739 per pupil).

Across all 17 schools of Humber Education Trust, income was £9,935 and spending £9,655 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Hull · Kingston upon Hull, City of local authority: places and applications

Christopher Pickering Primary School is part of Humber Education Trust, which runs 17 schools. The nearest others:

• Ganton School Kingston-Upon-Hull
• Adelaide Primary School Hull
• Clifton Primary School Hull
• Frederick Holmes School Hull
• St Nicholas Primary School Kingston-Upon-Hull
• Parkstone Primary School Hull
• Bude Park Primary School Hull
• Tweendykes School Hull
• Kingswood Parks Primary School Hull
• Woodland Primary School Kingston-Upon-Hull

What is Christopher Pickering Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Christopher Pickering Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in July 2023.

When was Christopher Pickering Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Christopher Pickering Primary School was last inspected in July 2023.

How many pupils does Christopher Pickering Primary School have?

Christopher Pickering Primary School has 443 pupils on roll.

What age range does Christopher Pickering Primary School cover?

Christopher Pickering Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Christopher Pickering Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 80% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Christopher Pickering Primary School?

Christopher Pickering Primary School is at The Compass, 1 Burnham Road, Hull, HU4 7EB.