Has The Priory City of Lincoln Academy been inspected by Ofsted?

Yes, The Priory City of Lincoln Academy has been inspected by Ofsted. State-funded school inspections stopped receiving a single overall effectiveness grade from September 2024. From November 2025, renewed inspections use report cards with separate five-point grades for each evaluation area.

What does the admissions demand data show for The Priory City of Lincoln Academy?

The Priory City of Lincoln Academy recorded 157 first-choice applications and 166 offers made on national offer day for 2026/27. That is 0.9 first-choice applications per offer made. This is a historic demand signal, not an individual admission probability or a catchment boundary. Admission criteria, address, preferences and the applicant cohort also matter.

Does The Priory City of Lincoln Academy offer SEND support?

DfE data for The Priory City of Lincoln Academy lists these SEND need or provision categories: Specific Learning Difficulty (Dyslexia), Moderate Learning Difficulty, Severe Learning Difficulty, Social, Emotional & Mental Health, Speech, Language & Communication, and 5 more categories. This does not guarantee a particular place or service. Contact the school's SENCO for its current provision.

What are The Priory City of Lincoln Academy's exam results?

The Priory City of Lincoln Academy's published exam results include: 29% achieved grade 5+ in English and Maths GCSE; Attainment 8 score of 35.6. Check the result year before comparing schools.

The Priory City of Lincoln Academy

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Pupils: 922
Ages: 11–18
Gender: Mixed
School type: Academy sponsor led

About

The Priory City of Lincoln Academy is a state-funded secondary school in Lincoln, East Midlands, for pupils aged 11 to 18 for boys and girls. DfE data records 922 pupils on roll and a published capacity of 950.

The latest recorded Ofsted inspection was on 9 Dec 2025 has no single overall grade. The published Attainment 8 score was 35.6 for 2024/25. Admissions data records 157 first-preference applications and 166 offers made on national offer day for 2026/27.

Reporting periods vary by source — Methodology.

School Rating

1/10

Classpot Rating

The Priory City of Lincoln Academy’s combined academic results and attendance score is in the much lower band compared with mainstream state secondary schools across England for 2024/25.

1/10Academic results

Much lower

The school’s Attainment 8 score was 35.6 in 2024/25. This measures average attainment across eight GCSE-level qualifications, using DfE’s subject weighting rules.

The score compares this result with 3,058 mainstream state secondary schools in England with both required measures for 2024/25. Academic attainment contributes 90% of the combined score. It measures exam or assessment results, not how much progress pupils made from their starting points.

1/10Attendance

Much lower

Overall absence was 13.50% of possible school sessions in 2024/25. This includes authorised and unauthorised absence; it is not the percentage of pupils who were persistently absent.

The score compares absence with 3,058 mainstream state secondary schools in England with both required measures for 2024/25. Lower absence receives a higher score. Attendance contributes 10% of the combined score and does not on its own measure teaching quality.

NAPupil progress

Not available for 2024/25

DfE did not publish Progress 8 for 2024/25 because the required KS2 assessments were cancelled during the pandemic. Progress would compare pupils’ outcomes with those of pupils with similar earlier attainment.

Pupil progress is not included in this version of Classpot Rating. Its absence does not reduce the school’s score.

Methodology and official sources

Contact Information

01522882800 www.priorylincolnacademy.co.uk

Skellingthorpe Road, Lincoln, Lincoln, LN6 0EP

Mr Martin Whitaker

Details

School Type: Secondary (State)
Age Range: 11 to 18 years
Gender: Mixed
Establishment type: Academy sponsor led
Local Authority: Lincolnshire
Sixth Form: Yes

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

9 Dec 2025 · Report card · Open inspection report ↗

Inspection judgements
Area	Judgement
Safeguarding standards	Met
Inclusion	Needs attention
Curriculum & teaching	Needs attention
Achievement	Needs attention
Attendance & behaviour	Needs attention
Personal development & wellbeing	Expected standard
Leadership & governance	Needs attention
Post-16 provision	Expected standard

Previous inspection · 10 May 2023Legacy grading · Requires improvement

Previous inspection judgements
Area	Judgement
Overall effectiveness	Requires improvement
Quality of education	Requires improvement
Behaviour & attitudes	Good
Personal development	Good
Leadership & management	Good
Sixth-form provision	Good

Published 28 May 2026.

Ofsted report cards use five grades per area, with no single overall grade or legacy equivalent.

Catchment & distance

Distance unavailable; check admission criteria with the school or council.

Admissions

Application dates · 2027/28 entry
Measure	Value
School’s local authority	Lincolnshire
Applications open	Usually 1 September 2026
Application deadline	31 October 2026
National offer day	1 March 2027

Apply through your home council; confirm local dates and any extra school forms.

Admissions demand · 2026/27
Measure	Value
Offers made on National Offer Day	166
First-preference applications	157
Applications (all preferences)	298
First-preference offers	136

Source: Published admissions data; follow each measure’s labelled basis, including all preferences where shown.

School performance

GCSE results

GCSE results · 2024/25
Measure	Value
Attainment 8 (average score)	35.6
English & maths: grades 9–4	50%
English & maths: grades 9–5	29.3%
EBacc entry	23.6%
EBacc grades 9–4	8.6%
EBacc grades 9–5	4%
EBacc average point score	3.01

DfE · 2024/25; compare the same year and measure (— unavailable or suppressed).

After age 16

A-level results

A-level results · 2024/25
Measure	Value
Average points per entry	30.89
Best three A-levels: average points	32.78
Value added	0.09
Value added: lower confidence limit	-0.2
Value added: upper confidence limit	0.39
AAB or higher (including two facilitating subjects)	8.3%
Pupils	23
Best three A-levels: average grade	C+
Published progress band	Average

DfE · 2024/25; compare the same year and measure (— unavailable or suppressed).

Destinations after GCSE · 2022/23
Destination	Pupils
This school’s sixth form	27.3%
Sixth-form college	0.6%
Further education college	48.1%
Apprenticeship	3.9%
Employment	6.5%
Not sustained	8.4%
Unknown	4.5%

Cohort: 154 pupils · Sustained education or employment: 87%

DfE destinations follow school leavers, not current pupils.

Destinations after A-levels · 2022/23
Destination	Pupils
Higher education	46.7%
Further education	2.2%
Other education	0%
Apprenticeship	15.6%
Employment	24.4%
Not sustained	11.1%
Unknown	0%

Cohort: 45 pupils · Sustained education or employment: 88.9%

DfE destinations follow school leavers, not current pupils.

A-level subjects

2024/25 · Published entries

Chemistry14 entries
Mathematics12 entries
Biology11 entries
Physics7 entries
English Language and Literature4 entries
Photography4 entries

DfE subject entries; pupils may take multiple subjects.

Students and teachers

16.8 pupils per qualified teacher

2025/26 · Full-time equivalent teachers, not class size.

Students

Number of pupilsPeriod not recorded: 922
School capacityPeriod not recorded: 950
Free school meals (FSM)2025/26: 35.6%
English as an additional language (EAL)2025/26: 14%
Attendance2024/25: 86.5%
Persistent absence (10% or more of sessions)2024/25: 36.18%

Classes & attendance

Average class size2025/26: 21.1
Suspensions per 100 pupils2024/25: 65.47
Suspensions (count)2024/25: 618
Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils2024/25: 1.38
Permanent exclusions (count)2024/25: 13

More pupil data

Absence breakdown
Measure	Value
Authorised absence2024/25	9.46%
Unauthorised absence2024/25	4.04%

Ethnic background · 2025/26
Group	Pupils
White British	79.9%
White other	11.1%
Mixed	3.6%
Asian	2.3%
Black	2.5%
Other	0.4%

DfE school, census, workforce, absence and exclusion data; periods vary, and missing values are not zero.

Published SEND Data

Autism
Dyslexia
Mental Health
Speech & Language
Hearing
Vision
Physical
Learning Difficulty
Severe Learning
Other

DfE data; confirm current support with the school's SENCO.

Ofsted Parent View

43.3% would recommend this school

67 responses · Nov 2025 – Apr 2026

Parent survey responses
Question	Agree or strongly agree
Happy at school	44.8%
Feels safe	52.2%
Behaviour	26.9%
Bullying handled	21.4%

Additional parent survey responses
Question	Agree or strongly agree
SEND support	33.3%
Communication	49.3%
Concerns handled	32.8%
Best interests	32.8%
Support to learn	41.8%

FAQ about The Priory City of Lincoln Academy

Results: Published results describe a past pupil cohort. Compare the same measure and reporting year; attainment and progress measure different things. Understanding secondary results.

Inspection: Read the inspection date and full report alongside the headline judgement. Schools inspected under different frameworks cannot be compared using a headline grade alone. Understanding Ofsted inspections.

Admissions: Applications and places describe past demand, not your child’s chance of an offer. Check the entry year and current admission criteria, including any priority groups. School admissions timeline.

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