The Priory Witham Academy, Lincoln

The school runs after-school care.

In 2026, pupils at The Priory Witham Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 37.7, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.9 in Lincolnshire and 47 across England.

28% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 43% in Lincolnshire and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 37.9.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.52: pupils made well below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 35.2, against 39.9 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 4.7 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and Art and Design.

For September 2026 entry, 88 families put The Priory Witham Academy as their first choice and 289 named it as one of their preferences, for 127 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 3 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to The Priory Witham Academy are St Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary Academy (0.6 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 39.9); The Priory City of Lincoln Academy (0.6 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 37.3); The Priory Academy LSST (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 52); and Sir Robert Pattinson Academy (1.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 49).

The Priory Witham Academy's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

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

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.8 in 2024/25.

Of the 107 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 83% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 58% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 4% into work.

Of the 29 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 41% went on to university or other higher education, 7% to apprenticeships and 17% into work. 10% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

48.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 323 pupils (30.2%) received SEN support and 49 (4.6%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a moderate learning difficulty.

The nearest railway station is Hykeham Rail Station, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line.

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bowden Drive (opposite), 130 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 273 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Lincolnshire (33), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, The Priory Witham Academy issued 168 suspensions, 15.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 4 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to The Priory Witham Academy are The Lincoln Manor Leas Junior School (0.6 miles), The Lincoln Manor Leas Infants School (0.6 miles), Hartsholme Academy (0.7 miles) and Bracebridge Infant and Nursery School (0.9 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.