Southam College
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Southam, Warwickshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
6.619 miles
Published by Warwickshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2017–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Southam College is a secondary school in Southam, Warwickshire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Warwickshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2017 to 2026 entry.
Southam College 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 6.619 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2017 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Year 7 2026: the last child offered a place lived 6.619 miles away, the 11th longest of 32 Warwickshire secondary schools with a published last distance (middle 4.61 miles).
- Year 7 last distance in 2026 was further than in 2025, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 8 years with a published distance.
- Year 7 2026 had 297 first-choice applications for 256 offers; 237 offers went to first-choice families, and 60 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 2024/25 GCSE English and maths: 49% got grade 5 or above (England 45%), the 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Warwickshire.
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
- Welsh Road West, Southam, CV47 0JW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Warwickshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,637 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 21 April 2026
Strengths
- “Southam College is a friendly and welcoming place to learn.”
- “Pupils benefit from positive relationships with their peers and teachers.”
- “Pupils are polite and courteous to each other and to adults.”
To improve
- “However, there is variation in the progress and achievement of some pupils.”
- “Leaders do not consistently ensure that those pupils who join the school as high prior attainers progress and achieve as well as the same group nationally at the end of key stage 4.”
- “Elements of this are also reflected in their work.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 June 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 49% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 49.3 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 297 first-preference applications, 256 offers in total, 237 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Warwickshire.
- Campion School 5.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- North Leamington School 6.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Trinity Catholic School 7.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Myton School 7.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Rugby High School 8.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Bilton School 8.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Kineton High School 8.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Rugby Free Secondary School 9.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
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