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. 8 of these schools also have a published admissions cutoff distance. 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.
Southam in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 10 schools in Southam first 245 times for 251 places: 0.98 first choices per place, against 1.01 across the Warwickshire authority's 174 schools. 4 of the 10 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 4 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.52 miles (Bishops Itchington Primary School) to 3.33 miles (Temple Herdewyke Primary School).
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
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.