Admissions

Starting secondary school in Year 7

You apply for your child to start secondary school in Year 7 through the coordinated admissions scheme run by the local authority in which you live.

Parents resident in Lincolnshire can apply online through Lincolnshire County Council’s website: https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/school-admissions. You can also apply by telephone, or ask for a hard copy application form, by telephoning 01522 782030. Parents resident in other areas must apply through the local authority in which they live.

The deadline for applications to be returned is 31st October in the year before admission in September. Offers of places are made on 1st March in the same year as admission. If we are not able to offer you a place, you can appeal against that decision.

You can find the full admission arrangements for the academy, including the criteria used to decide who is admitted when the academy is oversubscribed, by clicking on the links further down this page.

Moving secondary schools – in-year admissions

If your child is already at school and you wish to move secondary schools then you must make a new application. The academy is part of Lincolnshire’s coordinated scheme for in-year admissions. Details of Lincolnshire’s coordinated scheme can be found at https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/school-admissions/apply-move-school.

Wherever you live, you can apply to a new school directly or through Lincolnshire County Council’s website: https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/school-admissions. You can also apply by telephone, or ask for a hard copy application form, by telephoning 01522 782030. The academy does not have its own admission form and if you wish to apply on paper, you can use the common application provided by Lincolnshire admissions team.

You can apply to move schools at any time. We will aim to respond within 10 school days but you will always be notified of the outcome of your application within 15 school days. If we are not able to offer a place, you can appeal against that decision.

Aptitude Tests 2024 (for September 2025 entry)

The Priory Academy LSST admits up to 24 pupils to Year 7 on the basis of their aptitude for technology. The assessment is based on spatial and other non-verbal reasoning, and is not related to existing skills in designing or making things.

If your child is currently in Year 6 and you would like to seek a place at the academy based on their aptitude for technology, you should present your child for assessment. Please see below a link to a letter to parents which explains the details of the Academy’s forthcoming aptitude test in relation to our Year 7 intake in September 2025.

The test will take place on two dates – Saturday 28th September and Saturday 5th October 2024 at 9:00am in the New Hall at LSST. It is the same test and is taken only once. If you would like your child to sit this test, please choose which date is most convenient for you and click on the relevant link below to register your intent.

Letter to parents/carers - information for September 2024 aptitude assessments

FAQs relating to September 2024 aptitude assessments

Booking form for Aptitude Test on Saturday 28th September 2024

Booking form for Aptitude Test on Saturday 5th October 2024

Admissions for the academic year
September 2024 to July 2025

Please click on the links below for information relating to September 2024 onwards.

Priory Federation of Academies Trust Admissions Policy 2024-25

Priory Academy LSST Admissions Arrangements for the academic year September 2024 to July 2025

Admissions for the academic year
September 2025 to July 2026

Please click on the links below for information relating to September 2025 onwards.

Priory Federation of Academies Trust Admissions Policy 2025-26

Priory Academy LSST Admissions Arrangements for the academic year September 2025 to July 2026