The Priory City of Lincoln Academy

The Priory City of Lincoln Academy at a glance

Located in Lincolnshire, The Priory City of Lincoln Academy is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. The school educates roughly 944 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Requires improvement' when it was last inspected in December 2025. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 35.6, well below the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 1.6 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

29% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 50% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 87% of the families who made The Priory City of Lincoln Academy their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. After Year 11, 87% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 13.0%. There are about 16.4 pupils per teacher. If you are considering The Priory City of Lincoln Academy, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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 above.