School admissions in Southam
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.
Reception places, September 2026
10 schools. 4 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishops Itchington Primary School | 1.30 | 30 | 0.518 miles |
| Stockton Primary School | 1.29 | 14 | 1.117 miles |
| Southam Primary School | 1.22 | 60 | 0.859 miles |
| Temple Herdewyke Primary School | 1.07 | 15 | 3.333 miles |
| The Priors School | 1.00 | 13 | 3.072 miles |
| St Lawrence CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School | 0.92 | 25 | 2.536 miles |
| Long Itchington CofE Academy | 0.75 | 28 | not published |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Southam | 0.75 | 28 | not published |
| The Dassett CofE Primary School | 0.58 | 26 | not published |
| Southam St James CofE Academy | 0.50 | 12 | not published |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.