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The Priory Witham Academy

De Wint Avenue, Lincoln, LN6 7DT

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THE PRIORY FEDERATION OF ACADEMIES is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

OfstedNo overall grade

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedNo overall grade
Attendance (2024/25)90.7%
Attainment (2024/25)Attainment 8: 37.9
Roll vs capacityClose to published capacity
Pupils1068

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

No overall grade

New inspection format: no single overall grade.

Monitoring visit confirmed the previous Good overall grade. See the full report for latest area judgements.

Report published 28 Jun 2023.

Inspection history

  • Latest ungradedSchool remains Good
  • Previous gradedRequires improvement

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in LN6. Where we have them, council (North Kesteven) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
1068
Free school meals
49.2%
20.2% above district average (29%)

Also: England 24%

SEN
34.1%
9.5% above district average (24.6%)

Also: England 19.6%

EAL
18.1%
9.1% above district average (9%)
Attendance
90.7% Autumn and spring 2024/25
3.1% below district average (93.8%)

Also: England 93.4%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the LN6 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. Key Stage 2 is 2024/25: expected standard combined, greater depth, then reading, writing and maths. Headline GCSE measures are 2024/25. Progress 8 is from 2023/24, the latest year published for this school. There is no Progress 8 for 2024/25 or 2025/26, because those pupils did not sit Key Stage 2 tests during the pandemic. England is the state-funded average from the same tables. Progress 8 of 0 is typical.

Persistent absence2024/25

25.9%

8.3% above England (17.6%)

KS2 expected standard2024/25

36%

26% below England (62%)

KS2 greater depth2024/25

0%

8% below England (8%)

KS2 reading2024/25

50%

25% below England (75%)

KS2 writing2024/25

55%

17% below England (72%)

KS2 maths2024/25

57%

17% below England (74%)

Progress 82023/24

-0.52

0.52 below England (0.00)

Attainment 82024/25

37.9

8.2 below England (46.1)

Grade 5+ English & maths2024/25

23.9%

21.5% below England (45.4%)

Grade 4+ English & maths2024/25

45%

19.8% below England (64.8%)

Entered for EBacc2024/25

34.9%

5.6% below England (40.5%)

EBacc average point score2024/25

3.23

0.9 below England (4.09)

Trends

Attendance

Autumn and spring 2024/25 from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN). The headline above uses the same period.

  • 94.7%
    2020/21
  • 90.4%
    2021/22
  • 89.9%
    2022/23
  • 89.7%
    2023/24
  • 90.7%
    2024/25

Key Stage 2

Share meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined.

  • 37%
    2022/23
  • 54%
    2023/24
  • 36%
    2024/25

Admissions

Applications and offers (September 2026 entry)

For September 2026 entry, 88 families put this school first. 85 of them were offered a place here.

Named as first preference
88
First-preference offers
85
First preferences offered a place
96.6%
Total offers
127
Named on any preference
289

This is historic demand from one admissions round. It is not a guarantee of a place, and it does not show a catchment area. Admission rules and priorities differ by school.

SourceDfE applications and offers, September 2026 entryPublished 18th of June 2026.

How full the building is

Roll versus published capacity
Close to published capacity
Published capacity (GIAS)
1009
Pupils on roll
1068

Pupils on roll compared with the capacity published in GIAS. This is about building size, not applications or offers, and it is not a guarantee of a place.

Applications and offers come from DfE. Last distance offered and catchment areas are not published nationally. Your council admissions booklet has those details.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Lincolnshire page.

SEN support

SEN %
34.1%

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Schools near The Priory Witham Academy

Distances are in a straight line from this school. They are not catchment areas.

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Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Oct 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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