Secondary school

The Priory Pembroke Academy

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 11–16
  • Mixed
  • Lincolnshire
  • LN3 4JP
  • No sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Jan 2022

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 2,442 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 75%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 89%89%2016/17: top 82%2017/18: top 75%2018/19: top 93%2021/22: top 99%2022/23: top 71%2023/24: top 68%68% · 2023/242024/25: top 75%No exams

Against East Midlands

Attainment 841 · East Midlands 453/10 Below+28.4 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths31.1% · East Midlands 41.6%3/10 Below+21.7 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score3.47 · East Midlands 3.923/10 Below+25.5 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24+0.03 · East Midlands −0.066/10 Middle+36.1 pts since 18/19
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 42.8 · 76 pupils · East Midlands 49.32016/17: 40.2 · 59 pupils · East Midlands 452017/18: 41.4 · 33 pupils · East Midlands 44.652018/19: 36.3 · 47 pupils · East Midlands 45.72021/22: 32.7 · 57 pupils · East Midlands 47.52022/23: 41.7 · 77 pupils · East Midlands 44.62023/24: 42.2 · 82 pupils · East Midlands 44.952024/25: 41 · 106 pupils · East Midlands 45.0542.832.7No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 22% · 59 pupils · East Midlands 39%2017/18: 33% · 33 pupils · East Midlands 39.5%2018/19: 21% · 47 pupils · East Midlands 40%2021/22: 18% · 57 pupils · East Midlands 46%2022/23: 39% · 77 pupils · East Midlands 41%2023/24: 42.7% · 82 pupils · East Midlands 43.8%2024/25: 31.1% · 106 pupils · East Midlands 41.6%42.7%18%No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in92.1%
105 of 114 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 92.1%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st114105
2nd16717
3rd1023

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2009–2022

  1. 2009Goodas predecessor
  2. 2013Requires improvementas predecessor
  3. 2014Requires improvementas predecessor
  4. 2015Inadequateas predecessor
  5. 2015Ungraded visitas predecessor
  6. 2016Ungraded visitas predecessor
  7. 2016Ungraded visitas predecessor
  8. 2022Good

4 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

4 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026590
Free school meals (past 6 years)25.4%
First language not English5.1%
SEN support20.0%
EHC plan7.5%
Absence (sessions missed)9.3%
Persistently absent pupils23.7%

Girls 52.8%Boys 47.2%

98.3% full · 600 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher15.3
Pupils per adult8.6
  • Classroom teachers 31.6
  • Leadership 7
  • Teaching assistants 21.6
  • Other support 20.8

Teachers 38.6 FTE · Whole workforce 81 · 99 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£8,833
Spend per pupil£8,211
Staff spend per pupil£6,292
Reserve per pupil£1,315
  • +£780,000revenue reserve
  • +£369,000in-year balance

Grants £8,597 · self-generated £363 · premises £530 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: THE PRIORY FEDERATION OF ACADEMIES (13 academies) · trust reserve £11,573,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

82 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained89%
  • Education82.9%
  • Apprenticeship3.7%
  • Employment2.4%
  • Not sustained8.5%
  • Unknown2.4%