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The Priory City of Lincoln Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy
Skellingthorpe Road, Lincoln LN6 0EP · priorylincolnacademy.co.uk · 01522 882800
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Dec 2025 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 35.6
- average Attainment 8 score. Lincolnshire 45.1, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 922
- 97% of 950 places
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 36.5%
- First language not English
- 14%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 157 families put the school first and 166 places were offered; 87% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 166 | 157 | 0.9 | 87% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 166 | 143 | 0.9 | 93% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 165 | 164 | 1 | 85% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 161 | 154 | 1 | 86% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 144 | 152 | 1.1▲ | 83% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 35.6, and 29.3% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Lincolnshire it was 45.1, and across England 46.
In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C (30.9 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼35.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼29.3% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼50.0% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼23.6% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.01 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 23.4 | −17 |
| Further education | 55.1 | +16.6 |
| Other education | 1.2 | +0.6 |
| Apprenticeship | 3 | −3.2 |
| Employment | 3.6 | −2.6 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 10.8 | +5.2 |
| Activity not captured | 3 | +1.1 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 students | C (30.9) | Average +0.09 | |
| 24 students | C (30.2) | Average +0.05 | |
| 25 students | Merit (25.8) | Below average -0.42 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 39 | C- (26.9) | -0.39 |
| 2022/23 | 34 | C (28.6) | — |
| 2021/22 | 25 | C- (25.5) | — |
| 2018/19 | 16 | C- (25.2) | -0.44 |
| 2017/18 | 31 | C- (25.2) | -0.39 |
| 2016/17 | 50 | D+ (24.2) | -0.44 |
| 2015/16 | 40 | D+ (21.9) | -0.24 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 52.1 | +14.6 |
| Other education | 1.4 | −0.7 |
| Apprenticeship | 7 | −5.5 |
| Employment | 25.4 | +2.5 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 11.3 | −9.5 |
| Activity not captured | 2.8 | −1.4 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected The Priory City of Lincoln Academy on 9 December 2025 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Post-16 provision: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Needs attention
- Inspected
- 9 Dec 2025
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Needs attention |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, May 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
May 2023Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Sixth form Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Dec 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Good Safeguarding Effective Sept 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
43% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (67 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 43%
- Positive
- 37%
- Replies
- 67
- 7% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 90% who raised concerns
based on 28 parents (42%) whose child was bullied
based on 18 parents (27%) with SEND