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All-through school in Lincoln, Lincolnshire

The Priory Witham Academy

De Wint Avenue, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7DT

Ofsted Good · 2023 Sixth form Full
School website 01522882900

Ofsted

Goodas at 17 May 2023

Remained Good at its last ungraded inspection, on 17 May 2023.

Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 3 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.

Read the Ofsted report

GCSE results 2024/25

Attainment 8 score

37.9 England 47

The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.

Grade 5+ in English & maths

24% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

45% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

3.2 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

35% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is in the bottom quarter of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is most disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the lower half.

Progress 8 2023/24

-0.52confidence interval -0.79 to -0.25

Taking that range into account, pupils made less progress than similar pupils nationally. DfE bands this as well below average.

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

A levels 2024/25

Average grade per entry
D
Average points per entry
21.4

England average 32.3

A level students
22

Pupils

Pupils on roll
1068
Places
1009
How full
Full — 1068 pupils against 1009 places
Girls / boys
532 / 536
Overall absence
10%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
27%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
53%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
18%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
4%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
30%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
85%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
82%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
4%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
40%
No sustained destination
7%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
82

After sixth form

Went to university
29%

England 50%

In education, work or training
87%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship
13%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort
31

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went to a top third university

0% England 20.9%

The third of higher education providers whose entrants hold the highest average entry qualifications. It is the closest thing in the public data to "did they get into a competitive university", and it separates schools far more sharply than the headline progression rate does.

Went on to a degree
54%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort
41

These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Lincoln 011G, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree
24%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
22%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
70%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
20%

England 17%

Households with no car
20%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
47%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
All-through
Ages
Ages 2–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Religious character
None
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
Yes
Boarding
Day school
Trust
THE PRIORY FEDERATION OF ACADEMIES
Headteacher
Headteacher: Micelle Garner Mrs Amy Tallentire
Local authority
Lincolnshire
Ward
Moorland
Constituency
Lincoln
URN
135563

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest all-through schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
St Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter Requires improvement 2024 37.7 0.6 mi
The Priory City of Lincoln AcademyAcademy sponsor led No grade 35.6 0.6 mi
The Priory Academy LSSTAcademy sponsor led Good 2023 53.9 1.1 mi
Sir Robert Pattinson AcademyAcademy converter No grade 45.9 1.5 mi
North Kesteven AcademyAcademy converter No grade 37.9 1.6 mi
Lincoln UTCUniversity technical college No grade 46.1 2.5 mi
Lincoln Minster SchoolOther independent school No grade 2.7 mi
Lincoln Christ's Hospital SchoolAcademy converter No grade 38.3 3.2 mi

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded all-through schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
E-ACT the Oldham Academy NorthAcademy sponsor led No grade 48.2
Sarum AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2023 33.7
Walsall Studio SchoolStudio schools No grade 26.9
Didsbury High SchoolFree schools Outstanding 2024 57.1
Netherhall SchoolCommunity school No grade 39.7
St Matthew AcademyAcademy sponsor led No grade 47.2
The Hathershaw CollegeAcademy converter No grade 39.3
The Winstanley SchoolAcademy converter Good 2023 29.9

Where these figures come from

  • School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
  • Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
  • Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
  • Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
  • Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.

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