The Priory Pembroke Academy

Academy sponsor led·Secondary school Lincolnshire·LN3 4JP
Composite score
51.2
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#2,382
National rank
#195
In East Midlands
#29
In Lincolnshire
Top 75%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
41.0
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
31%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
54%
% EBacc grade 5+
8%
EBacc average points score
3.47

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
92%
114 first choices, 125 places
First choices per place
0.91
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
383
any preference, for 125 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.20
00.511.52
1 per place
1.4120221.2520231.2520241.1120250.912026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for The Priory Pembroke Academy 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
11–16
Pupils on roll
591
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
25.4%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
5.1%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
20.0%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
7.5%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
10.4%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
29.6%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.2
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,211
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
92%
77 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
86%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
3%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About The Priory Pembroke Academy

The Priory Pembroke Academy is a secondary school in Lincolnshire, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 591 pupils aged 11 to 16 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 41.0, below the national average of 46. That is down 1.2 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.

31% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 54% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 92% of the families who made The Priory Pembroke 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, 92% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 10.4%. There are about 16.2 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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