Academy · Lincolnshire
The Priory City of Lincoln Academy
- Secondary
- Ages 11–18
- Sixth form
- Term dates checked
Term dates
This school's own term dates broadly match Lincolnshire council's, so the council's dates are shown here. INSET days can differ, so check the school's calendar for those.
2026/27
2027/28
Admissions
Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.
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How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.
For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.
How many families applied: Year 7
For September 2026, 157 families put this school as their first choice, and 166 places were offered. 136 of the families who put it first got a place (87%).
| Entry | Places offered | Put it first | Got their first choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 166 | 157 | 87% |
| September 2025 | 166 | 143 | 93% |
| September 2024 | 165 | 164 | 85% |
Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.
Ofsted inspection
Report card, 9 December 2025. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Sixth form
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
Safeguarding standards: met.
Previous inspection, 10 May 2023. Overall: Requires improvement
From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.
About and location
- Type
- Academy
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Pupils
- 922 (capacity 950)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Academy trust
- THE PRIORY FEDERATION OF ACADEMIES
- Phone
- 01522882800
- Address
- Skellingthorpe Road, Lincoln, LN6 0EP
- Website
- priorylincolnacademy.co.uk
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.