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Academy sponsor led · Lincolnshire

The Priory Academy LSST

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,749Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 135565URN

Cross O'Cliff Hill, Lincoln, LN5 8PW · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Oct 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
4.1per place
2.2 above Lincolnshire median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in LincolnshireSelective

953 applications for 232 places · 1st of 52 in Lincolnshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
52.0of 90
16th of 54 in Lincolnshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 31 October 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionOutstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
4.1applications per place, Year 7
2.2 above Lincolnshire median (1.9) 1.9 above England median (2.2)

953 applications · 232 places offered · 438 named it first

  1. 2026 4.1; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
  2. 2025 3.5; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 3.4; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
  4. 2023 3.3; Lincolnshire median median 1.7
  5. 2022 3.0; Lincolnshire median median 1.7
  6. 2021 3.1; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
  7. 2020 2.9; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 2.9; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
  9. 2018 2.9; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
  10. 2017 2.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
  11. 2016 2.7; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
  12. 2015 2.6; Lincolnshire median median 1.8
  13. 2014 2.8; Lincolnshire median median 1.9
More applications per place than the Lincolnshire median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Lincolnshire median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262329534.14381.89
Sep 20252358283.53851.64
Sep 20242388163.44011.68
Sep 20232337623.34281.84
Sep 20222407133.03471.45
Sep 20212377313.13921.65
Sep 20202417052.93661.52
Sep 20192407002.93851.60
Sep 20182396882.93651.53
Sep 20172406442.73521.47
Sep 20162436602.73461.42
Sep 20152466342.63431.39
Sep 20142386672.83711.56

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

258 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)52.016th of 54 in Lincolnshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths51%19th of 54 in Lincolnshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths77%
  • This school
  • Lincolnshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.15
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)25852.051%77%–
2024/2525453.959%82%–
2023/2425555.060%80%+0.15
2022/2325855.661%84%+0.25

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
135565 · 925/6907
Trust
The Priory Federation of Academies
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,700 pupils · 1,749 on roll
Free school meals
18.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2008
Replaced
The Priory Lsst (URN 120721)
Address
Cross O'Cliff Hill, Lincoln, LN5 8PW
Local authority
Lincolnshire · Lincoln

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources