Schools in Southam
Southam is a market town in south Warwickshire with 11 schools, including 10 primaries and one secondary — Southam College. Warwickshire County Council coordinates admissions and publishes catchment maps annually. Four schools are currently at or above capacity, making this one of the more pressured local school markets in the area. Eight schools operate as academies.
Five schools carry a faith designation, including The Dassett CofE Primary School and St Lawrence CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School, which apply faith-based admissions criteria before distance. For community primary schools, Warwickshire uses straight-line distance as the primary tiebreaker. Southam College, as an academy, publishes its own admissions policy; families should check its catchment map as it covers a wide area of south Warwickshire including Long Itchington, Harbury and Ufton.
School demand in Southam
Across the 11 schools in Southam with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 96%. 4 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
5 schools in Southam have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
8 of the schools in Southam are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Warwickshire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
2 of the schools in Southam have a current Ofsted rating, of which 1 is rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Southam: 4 oversubscribed (10)
The Dassett CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Southam · CV47 2XU
St Lawrence CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Southam · CV47 8LU
The Priors School
Primary · Free schools
Southam · CV47 7RR
Stockton Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Southam · CV47 8JE
Southam Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Southam · CV47 0QB
Bishops Itchington Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Southam · CV47 2RN
Long Itchington CofE Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Southam · CV47 9QP
Southam St James CofE Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Southam · CV47 1EE
Temple Herdewyke Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Southam · CV47 2UD
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Southam
Primary · Academy converter
Southam · CV47 1PS
Secondary Schools in Southam (1)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Southam are set by Warwickshire and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.