Southam Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Southam, Warwickshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.859 miles
Published by Warwickshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2017–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Southam Primary School is a primary school in Southam, Warwickshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 13 July 2022. Warwickshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
Southam 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 | 0.859 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 2026 Reception last distance offered was 0.859 miles, 33rd shortest of 176 Warwickshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.26 miles).
- For Reception, the 2026 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and 2023, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- Reception in 2026 had 73 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 57 went to first-choice families, and 16 first-choice families (22%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 76% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 16% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- St James Road, Southam, CV47 0QB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Warwickshire
- Pupils on roll
- 412 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 13 July 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy learning in this happy and welcoming school.”
- “Vigilant staff care for pupils well.”
- “Pupils thrive on the experiences that staff offer.”
To improve
- “They look forward to attending more activities as the school gets back to its pre-pandemic richness.”
- “Leaders know that refinement in some topics will help pupils retain more knowledge.”
- “In some topics though, pupils find it difficult to recall specific pieces of knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 September 2022 (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) | 76% | 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: 73 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 57 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.
- Southam St James CofE Academy 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Southam 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Stockton Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Long Itchington CofE Academy 1.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Bishops Itchington Primary School 3.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Harbury CofE Primary School 3.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Lawrence CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School 3.2 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Leamington Hastings Church of England Academy 3.8 mi Good Last distance published
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