Report card · inspected Apr 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Strong standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 21 April 2026Report card · 2 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
- 15 September 2021Graded inspection: Outstanding
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry513 applications · 256 places offered · 297 named it first
- 2026 2.0; Warwickshire median median 2.6
- 2025 2.0; Warwickshire median median 2.5
- 2024 2.2; Warwickshire median median 2.4
- 2023 2.1; Warwickshire median median 2.5
- 2022 2.0; Warwickshire median median 2.1
- 2021 1.9; Warwickshire median median 2.0
- 2020 1.9; Warwickshire median median 2.0
- 2019 1.8; Warwickshire median median 1.9
- 2018 1.8; Warwickshire median median 1.8
- 2017 1.9; Warwickshire median median 1.9
- 2016 2.0; Warwickshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 2.2; Warwickshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2014 2.2; Warwickshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Warwickshire median
Dashed bars: as Southam College (URN 125738), the previous school.
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 256 | 513 | 2.0 | 297 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2025 | 262 | 518 | 2.0 | 297 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2024 | 266 | 572 | 2.2 | 307 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2023 | 263 | 555 | 2.1 | 307 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2022 | 270 | 526 | 2.0 | 315 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2021 | 269 | 501 | 1.9 | 271 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2020 | 267 | 500 | 1.9 | 284 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2019 | 269 | 483 | 1.8 | 316 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2018 | 269 | 487 | 1.8 | 319 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2017 | 268 | 518 | 1.9 | 344 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2016 * | 262 | 523 | 2.0 | 325 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2015 * | 227 | 503 | 2.2 | 333 | 1.47 |
| Sep 2014 * | 205 | 443 | 2.2 | 272 | 1.33 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 267 | 49.9 | 49% | 72% | – |
| 2024/25 | 265 | 49.3 | 49% | 70% | – |
| 2023/24 | 264 | 49.6 | 50% | 69% | +0.08 |
| 2022/23 | 263 | 50.6 | 51% | 75% | +0.05 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Southam CollegeThis schoolThis school20262.0applications per place 49.9Attainment 8
- 8.6 km · WarwickshireRemains Good20232.1applications per place 41.8Attainment 8
- 9.7 km · Warwickshire20262.9applications per place
- 10.9 km · WarwickshireStandards maintained20253.1applications per place 56.9Attainment 8
- 11.6 km · WarwickshireRequires improvement20242.0applications per place 37.1Attainment 8
- 11.9 km · WarwickshireRemains Good20233.1applications per place 50.5Attainment 8
- 12.9 km · WarwickshireGood20222.7applications per place 77.1Attainment 8 Selective
- 13.4 km · Warwickshire20262.2applications per place 39.3Attainment 8
- 13.4 km · WarwickshireRemains Good20242.8applications per place 43.9Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 143905 · 937/4114
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,650 pupils · 1,637 on roll
- Free school meals
- 18.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2017
- Replaced
- Southam College (URN 125738)
- Address
- Welsh Road West, Southam, CV47 0JW
- Local authority
- Warwickshire · Stratford-on-Avon
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources