The Priory Academy LSST

Academy sponsor led·Secondary school Lincolnshire·LN5 8PW
Composite score
67.4
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#550
National rank
#35
In East Midlands
#14
In Lincolnshire
Top 17%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
53.9
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
59%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
82%
% EBacc grade 5+
40%
EBacc average points score
5.22

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
47%
438 first choices, 232 places
First choices per place
1.89
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
953
any preference, for 232 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.25
00.511.522.5
1 per place
1.4520221.8420231.6920241.6420251.892026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for The Priory Academy LSST yet. Lincolnshire does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,770
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
17.0%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
19.3%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
8.6%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.6%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.7%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
22.3%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.5
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£6,721
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
95%
258 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
92%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

School overview

The Priory Academy LSST is a secondary school serving Lincolnshire, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. It has 1,770 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated The Priory Academy LSST 'Good'. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 53.9 — above the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 1.1 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 17% of secondary schools in England.

59% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 82% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. The Priory Academy LSST is oversubscribed: about 5 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 438 first choices for 232 places. After Year 11, 95% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 7.7%. There are about 17.5 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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.

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