SchoolFacts.uk

Bishops Itchington Primary School

Primary · Southam · CV47 2RN

Data updated

⇄ Compare with another school
Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 29 September 2022

Read the Ofsted report ↗

At a glance

232 pupils · 97% of 240 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
17.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
2.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
9.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.bishopsitchington.com/
URN
144242

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 39 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.30 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.518 miles; distance decided places in 3 of the 6 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2021 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 29 September 2022 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.30 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 39 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.518 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.518 miles

measured in a straight line.

Premium shows the exact distance behind every year back to 2021.

See what a pass includes →

Would you have got in? Check your postcode

One free check a month, no account needed: your postcode against this school's cutoff history. Premium adds unlimited checks, the nearby schools you would be inside, and the address check across every school at once.

Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →

Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

31 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
65%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
10%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school65%
Median of its 12 closest peers56%
Warwickshire average62.3%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Summerfields Primary AcademyBarnsley · 96 miles awayGood88%
Mayhill Junior SchoolHook · 70 miles awayGood63%
Enfield Academy of New WalthamGrimsby · 107 miles awayGood50%
St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, ChorleyChorley · 110 miles awayGood38%
Ashby-de-la-Zouch Church of England Primary SchoolAshby-de-la-Zouch · 37 miles awayGood56%
St John Fisher Catholic Primary SchoolPrescot · 104 miles awayGood56%
Woolacombe SchoolWoolacombe · 139 miles awayGood70%
Alston Lane Catholic Primary School, LongridgePreston · 120 miles awayGood66%
Bishops Lydeard Church SchoolTaunton · 110 miles awayGood42%
Willington Primary SchoolDerby · 44 miles awayGood81%
Chalgrove Community Primary SchoolOxford · 41 miles awayNo current grade40%
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary SchoolWalsall · 36 miles awayGood41%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 87% (Warwickshire 68%, England 60%) · Not recorded 10% (Warwickshire 1%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (Warwickshire 7%, England 4%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Warwickshire: 3.32 suspensions and 0.07 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

Suspensions and exclusions, last three years Premium

Premium shows the same figures for each of the last three years.

Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →

Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
24.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

58.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.5 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £51,165; 16.7% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

Vacancies, sickness and pay, last three years Premium

Premium shows the same figures for each of the last three years.

Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →

Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£6,701
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 81% (77%) · premises 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £122,000; in-year balance +£97,000

Spending and reserves, last three years Premium

Premium shows the same figures for each of the last three years.

Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →

Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher37%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work42%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways10.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health50%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier81.9%62.3%
Social housing6.4%17.1%
Privately rented11.6%20.5%
Detached houses29.9%22.9%
Flats2.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms25.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01031200 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£325,000135 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£271,000–£382,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (37)£450,000
Semi-detached (67)£320,000
Terraced (29)£280,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.83 km, 2026 entry): 106 sales, median £327,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
1a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

Nearby schools