Willoughby Academy

State-Funded School

willoughby-academy-lincolnshire-east-midlands

East MidlandsRegion

LincolnshireLocal Authority

Grantham and BourneConstituency

PE10 9JDPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Willoughby Academy is a state-funded special for pupils aged 2–19, located in Lincolnshire, East Midlands.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 143 pupils. Willoughby Academy is part of The Priory Federation of Academies.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Ethnicity

White

88%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Unclassified

Pupils

143

Total Pupils

67%Boys

33%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

41%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 2 – 19
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 143
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)
MAT name: The Priory Federation of Academies

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 9 November 2023. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
5 Nov 2012	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.