Cherry Willingham Primary Academy, Lincoln

From the headteacher's welcome: "We are a busy and friendly academy with the ambition to be the best we can be. Please feel free to contact the academy directly with any queries you may have. Wisdom Nurturing deeply cultured, reflective and philosophical thinkers of the future. Curiosity Empowering intellectual curiosity, active learning and inquisitiveness."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, athletics and cross-country.

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care, from £4.50 per session.

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils at Cherry Willingham Primary Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 73% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 72% and 71% in Lincolnshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (73% in reading, 73% in maths).

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 26 families put Cherry Willingham Primary Academy as their first choice and 63 named it as one of their preferences, for 26 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Cherry Willingham Primary Academy are Washingborough Academy (1 mile, Good, 74% reading, 68% maths); Reepham Church of England Primary School (1.1 miles, Good, 79% reading, 86% maths); Fiskerton Church of England Primary School (1.4 miles, Good, 92% reading, 75% maths); and Lincoln Carlton Academy (1.5 miles, Outstanding, 92% reading, 85% maths).

Cherry Willingham Primary Academy's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Cherry Willingham Primary Academy is one of 14 schools run by The Priory Federation of Academies, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 58% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

11.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (83%) and Mixed (5%).

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Cherry Willingham Primary Academy.

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Cherry Tree PH (opposite), 190 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Cherry Willingham Primary Academy stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 15 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, violence and sexual offences and burglary. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Lincolnshire (33).

In 2024/25, Cherry Willingham Primary Academy issued 4 suspensions, 2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.