St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Southam

Academy converter·Primary school Southam, Warwickshire·CV47 1PS
Composite score
57.0
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#4,833
National rank
#465
In West Midlands
#45
In Warwickshire
Top 33%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
68%
% achieving higher RWM
11%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
90%
21 first choices, 28 places
First choices per place
0.75
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
70
any preference, for 28 places
Last place offered lived
5.63 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 9064 m

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
159
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
27.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
13.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
24.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Staffing & funding

Spend per pupil
£4,972
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

School overview

St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Southam is a primary school serving Southam, Warwickshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 159 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 68% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 18.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 33% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 11% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 90% of the families who made St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Southam their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2026 lived 5.63 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Southam does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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