The Priory Witham Academy

About The Priory Witham Academy

The Priory Witham Academy is an all-through school in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, classified by the DfE as an academy sponsor led. Around 1,092 pupils aged 2 to 18 attend the school. 36% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 18.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. At GCSE, the school's average Attainment 8 score was 37.9, below the national average of 46. On our composite score, The Priory Witham Academy ranks in the lower half of primary schools nationally for its primary (KS2) results. For its secondary (KS4) results, it ranks in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 100 in reading and 100 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). At Key Stage 4, 24% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 53% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. The Priory Witham Academy does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links further down the page.