The Priory City of Lincoln Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
May 11 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Lincolnshire
Unique reference
135564
Address
Skellingthorpe Road, LN6 0EP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
980 (92% of total capacity)
Boys
56.9%
Girls
43.1%
First language not English
11.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
30.4%
Persistent absence
32.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 83.6%
Other White 10.3%
Mixed 2.5%
African 1.2%
Chinese 0.7%
Other Asian 0.5%
Indian 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Unclassified 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.33
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.02
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 21%
Local authority average 41%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 30%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40
Local authority average 46.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.35
Local authority average 4.08
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award11
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award26
Health StudiesTechnical Award21
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award33
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE17
BiologyGCSE69
ChemistryGCSE69
ChineseGCSE2
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Design & TechnologyGCSE57
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Priory City of Lincoln Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
165
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
164
2nd preference
88
3rd preference
62
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
140
2nd preference
21
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes19.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
177
107
70
Year 8
175
105
70
Year 9
177
97
80
Year 10
172
96
76
Year 11
167
95
72
Year 12
54
34
20
Year 13
58
24
34
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
86.9%
86.5%
Further education
37.0%
36.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
46.0%
47.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
2.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
7.0%
3.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
4.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
4.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
64.0%
63.0%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
3.0%
21.1%
19.7%
Russell Group
3.0%
18.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.2%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
3.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.5%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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