The Priory City of Lincoln Academy

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The Priory City of Lincoln Academy
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Address
The Priory City of Lincoln Academy
Skellingthorpe Road

Lincoln
,
Lincolnshire
,
LN6 0EP

England
Coordinates 53°12′47″N0°34′23″W / 53.213°N 0.573°W / 53.213; -0.573
Information
Type Academy
MottoGrace and Glory [1]
Established1896;128 years ago (1896) [2]
Specialists Sports and health
Department for Education URN 135564 Tables
Ofsted Reports
ChairColin Parkin
HeadteacherRichard Trow
GenderMixed
Age11to 18
Enrolment921 as of March 2022
Capacity950 [3]
Houses Newton
Tennyson
Franklin
St Hugh [4]
Colour(s)Red, white and gold
Website https://www.priorycity.co.uk

ThePriory City of Lincoln Academy (abbreviated as Lincoln Academy [5] and formerly The City of Lincoln Community College) is a co-educational secondary academy and sixth form in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. It is a member of The Priory Federation of Academies [3] and leads the government's School Games Organiser programme. It is also a specialist school in sports and health, [6] exercising a partially selective intake in the former. [7]

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History

Construction

The school was built by FR Eccleshare Ltd of Dixon Street, [8] to be finished by the end of June 1968. [9] The contract was for £340,000. [10] It opened on Tuesday 10 September 1968, with 600 boys, and the headteacher was Mr L Middleton. The total cost was £344,000, with a site of 35 acres. [11] [12]

It was officially opened on Friday 27 September 1968, by Sir Francis Hill and the Bishop of Lincoln, Kenneth Riches. [13] The head boy was Steve Adlard.

The next phase of construction was approved in March 1969, to cost £228,000. In November 1969, the second phase of construction was to begin by March 1971, costing £324,000, and was approved by the (Labour) government for 1970/71, for the school to become an eight-form comprehensive school. [14] The chief education officer for Lincoln was Francis Stuart. In June 1970, selection was planned to continue to 1972. [15] The swimming pool was officially opened on Wednesday 23 May 1973. [16]

The main part of the old School Building was completed in 1975 to designs by Associated Architects of Birmingham and was described in the Buildings of England as having an arresting sawtooth rhythm along the roof, repeated in the window heads and canopy. [17]

Grammar school

It was originally the City School, Lincoln, and moved from its original site on Monks Road, Lincoln in 1968. Much of the old school site was demolished in July 1976. [18] In April 1928, the name of the former school changed from the City of Lincoln Municipal Secondary School for Boys, mostly referred to as Lincoln Technical School, to Lincoln City School. [19]

The school competed in Television Top of the Form , broadcast on BBC1 on Thursday 3 April 1969 against girls from Cambridge Grammar School (now Long Road Sixth Form College). [20] The team was Andrew Dobbs aged 11, Raymond Yarsley, John Herrick, and Anoottam Ghosh. [21] The team won 43-38. [22] In the quarter-final the team faced boys of Whitley Bay Grammar School on Thursday 15 May 1969. The team lost 64-52. [23] [24]

Comprehensive

In February 1973 boys were transferred from the former Sincil Secondary Modern School. By February 1973 the school had 1200 boys, when it went comprehensive, under the new headteacher Alan Garner. At the July 1973 prizegiving, the headteacher admitted that competition and comprehensive education did not always go together. He said that, due to comprehensive education the teacher must ask, that a boy should do his best, not say what his best should be. [25]

After the high standards, and reputation, of the former boys grammar school, standards started to plummet within months. By April 1974, the headteacher had to lock the toilets during class time, to prevent truancy. [26]

In September 1974 it became a co-educational Comprehensive School and was known as City of Lincoln Community College.

Academy

It became an academy in September 2008. [2] The school is part of The Priory Federation of Academies Trust.

With federation membership, a multimillion-pound redevelopment of the site was initiated, with work commencing in 2010 and completed in 2012.

Sports centre

The academy has a sports centre which has a swimming pool, fitness suite, gym, Sportshall, Dance Studio and outside there is a field and the MUGA (multi use games area) which is used for many different sports. In mid-2014 a 3G artificial pitch was opened.[ citation needed ]

Notable former pupils

Boys' grammar school (1968–73)

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References

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  2. 1 2 "LINCOLN, THE CITY SCHOOL". www.lincstothepast.com. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  3. 1 2 "The Priory City of Lincoln Academy - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "House System". The Priory City of Lincoln Academy. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "Welcome". The Priory City of Lincoln Academy. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "Specialist Status". The Priory City of Lincoln Academy. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  7. ↑ "Aptitude Assessments". The Priory City of Lincoln Academy. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  8. ↑ Lincolnshire Echo Tuesday 1 October 1968, page 7
  9. ↑ Lincolnshire Echo Tuesday 9 January 1968, page 4
  10. ↑ Lincolnshire Echo Tuesday 28 May 1968, page 5
  11. ↑ Lincolnshire Echo Tuesday 10 September 1968, page 1
  12. ↑ Lincolnshire Echo Thursday 12 September 1968, page 1
  13. ↑ Lincolnshire Echo Saturday 28 September 1968, page 5
  14. ↑ Lincolnshire Echo Wednesday 12 November 1969, page 5
  15. ↑ Lincolnshire Echo Friday 19 June 1970, page 6
  16. ↑ Lincolnshire Echo Wednesday 23 May 1973, page 1
  17. ↑ Pevsner N and Harris J (1989- 2nd revised edition revised by Antram N) ‘‘Lincolnshire: The Buildings of England’’, Yale, pg. 526
  18. ↑ Lincolnshire Echo Saturday 24 July 1976, page 1
  19. ↑ Lincoln Leader and County Advertiser Saturday 14 April 1928, page 4
  20. ↑ BBC Genome April 1969
  21. ↑ Lincolnshire Echo Wednesday 26 March 1969, page 8
  22. ↑ Lincolnshire Echo Monday 7 April 1969, page 3
  23. ↑ Lincolnshire Echo Friday 16 May 1969, page 11
  24. ↑ BBC Genome May 1969
  25. ↑ Lincolnshire Echo Tuesday 10 July 1973, page 7
  26. ↑ Lincolnshire Echo Tuesday 9 April 1974, page 7
  27. ↑ Lincolnshire Echo Monday 11 November 1968, page 1
  28. ↑ Lincolnshire Echo Wednesday 7 June 1967, page 8
  29. ↑ Lincolnshire Echo Wednesday 9 August 1972, page 8


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