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Priory School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 49 48.7 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
48.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
52.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
19.9% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.48 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 46.4[5] 52.4%[5]
2023/24 53.3[3] 64.1%[3] +0.48[3]
2022/23 51.3[6] 59%[6] +0.17[6]
2021/22 55.6[7] 60%[7] +0.33[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
93% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
1% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
64% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
25% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[8]
Employment
1% 2022/23[8]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 96%[9] 2%[9] 64%[9] 24%[9] 2%[9] 3%[9]
2020/21 97%[10] 3%[10] 66%[10] 24%[10] 2%[10] 1%[10]
2019/20 97%[11] 1%[11] 76%[11] 17%[11] 1%[11] 1%[11]
2018/19 93%[12] 1%[12] 68%[12] 22%[12] 1%[12] 1%[12]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
7 Nov 2023[13]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[13]
Report published
18 Jan 2024[13]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[13]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[13]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
9 May 2018[14] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[14] No overall grade[14]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.5 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Applications (any preference)
565 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences
228 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Places offered
229 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 497[15] 213[15] 235[15] 2.1[15] 0.9[15]
Entry Sept 2024 511[15] 226[15] 238[15] 2.1[15] 0.9[15]
Entry Sept 2023 500[15] 247[15] 245[15] 2.0[15] 1.0[15]
Entry Sept 2022 439[15] 247[15] 241[15] 1.8[15] 1.0[15]

Admissions

Application deadline, 11+ entry
31 Oct 2025 Entry Sept 2026[16]

Character & practicalities

Type
Foundation school[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1160[1]
Trust
The Lewes Co-operative Learning Partnership[1]
Local authority
East Sussex[1]
Website
http://www.priory.e-sussex.sch.uk/[1]
District
Lewes[17]
Postcode
BN7 2XN[1]
URN
114598[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1163 2024/25[18]
English as an additional language
4% 2024/25[18]
SEN support
24.1% 2024/25[18]
EHC plan
4.3% 2024/25[18]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
19.4% 2024/25[18]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
88.6%[19]
Mixed
6.4%[19]
Asian
2.5%[19]
Black
1%[19]
Any other ethnic group
0.2%[19]
Unclassified
1.2%[19]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2017/18. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. prioryschool.reactfiles.co.uk: prioryschool.reactfiles.co.uk — Determination Policy 2026-27 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    The closing date for Year 7 applications is 31st October 2025. (p. 2)
  17. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  19. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.