St Lawrence CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School

Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Southam, Warwickshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

7.429 miles

Published by Warwickshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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St Lawrence CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School is a primary school in Southam, Warwickshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Some aspects not as strong, from the inspection on 12 March 2025. Warwickshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.

St Lawrence CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School catchment area: last distance offered

Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.

Entry	Last distance offered
Reception 2026	7.429 mi
Reception 2025	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2024	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2023	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2022	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2021	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2020	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2019	🔒 With a pass

And 1 earlier figure.

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 7.429 miles away, 25th longest of 176 Warwickshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.26 miles).
Distances have swung sharply between years; the 2026 Reception figure was further than in 2025 and 2020, and was the longest of the 5 years with a published distance.
Reception 2026 drew 23 first-choice applications for 25 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
Ofsted's 12 March 2025 outcome was some aspects not as strong (previously Good, 2 March 2016); in 2024/25, 48% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%).

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Warwickshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Dog Lane, Napton-on-the-Hill, Southam, CV47 8LU
Type: Voluntary aided school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Warwickshire
Pupils on roll: 199 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 13.6% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 24.1

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Some aspects not as strong Inspected 12 March 2025

Strengths

“St Lawrence School is at the heart of the local community.”
“Pupils, parents and carers value all that the school offers them.”
“Pupils enjoy attending school.”

To improve

“The recently modified curriculum, however, will take time to impact on what pupils know and can do.”
“However, this new curriculum is still in the early stages of implementation.”
“However, those responsible for governance have not acted quickly enough to address the weaknesses identified at the last inspection.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 May 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Exam results

Measure	School	England
Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25)	48%	62%

Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 23 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 23 offers to first-preference applicants.

Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.

Nearby primary schools

Straight-line distance, in Warwickshire.

Stockton Primary School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
The Priors School 2.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Southam 2.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Southam St James CofE Academy 3.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
Southam Primary School 3.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Long Itchington CofE Academy 3.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
Leamington Hastings Church of England Academy 3.8 mi Good Last distance published
Bishops Itchington Primary School 5.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published