Southam College
Welsh Road West, Southam, CV47 0JW
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- STOWE VALLEY MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher Mel Mason
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Stowe Valley Multi Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Kenilworth and Southam
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,650
- Pupils on roll
- 1,637
- URN
- 143905
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01926812560
About this school
Southam College is a secondary academy in Southam. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,637 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 263 | 264 | 265 |
| Attainment 8 score | 50.6 | 49.6 | 49.3 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.05 -0.12 to +0.22 | +0.08 -0.09 to +0.25 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 51% | 50.4% | 48.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 75% | 68.6% | 69.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 36% | 78.8% | 78.5% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Southam College has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Warwickshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 50.6 | 41.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 49.6 | 39.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 49.3 | 37.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,672 |
| 2023/24 | 1,658 |
| 2024/25 | 1,623 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Southam College compares
Southam College ranked 12th of 36 secondary schools in Warwickshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 74% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 9% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 49.3 | 9.7% | 16.9% | 1,637 | — |
| Campion School | 44.5 | 12.6% | 33.2% | 1,245 | 5.3 miles |
| North Leamington School | 57.4 | 7.6% | 17.5% | 1,482 | 6.8 miles |
| Trinity Catholic School | 36.5 | 10.1% | 40.3% | 369 | 7.2 miles |
| Myton School | 48.9 | 9.6% | 19.3% | 1,761 | 7.4 miles |
| Rugby High School | 74.9 | 4.5% | 9.4% | 927 | 8.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report21 April 2026
- 15 September 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 16.85%
- English as an additional language
- 4.6%
- Overall absence
- 9.69%
- Persistent absence
- 23.86%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Campion School5.3 miles
Secondary · Leamington Spa
-
North Leamington School6.8 miles
Secondary · Leamington Spa
-
Trinity Catholic School7.2 miles
Secondary · Leamington Spa
-
Myton School7.4 miles
Secondary · Warwick
-
Rugby High School8.0 miles
Secondary · Rugby
Other schools in Southam
- Bishops Itchington Primary School Primary
- Long Itchington CofE Academy Primary
- Southam Primary School Primary
- Southam St James CofE Academy Primary
- St Lawrence CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School Primary
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Southam Primary
- Stockton Primary School Primary
- Temple Herdewyke Primary School Primary
- The Dassett CofE Primary School Primary
- The Priors School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Southam College teach?
- Southam College teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Southam.
- Who is the headteacher of Southam College?
- The headteacher of Southam College is Headteacher Mel Mason, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Southam College last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Southam College, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Southam College?
- Southam College has 1,637 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Southam College full?
- Southam College has capacity for 1,650 pupils and 1,637 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Southam College a faith school?
- No. Southam College has no designated religious character.
- Is Southam College a selective school?
- No. Southam College is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Southam College?
- Southam College is part of STOWE VALLEY MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Southam College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 50.6 in 2022/23 and 49.3 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Southam College rank locally?
- Southam College ranked 12th of 36 secondary schools in Warwickshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 74% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 9% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Southam College's absence rate?
- Southam College's overall absence rate is 9.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Southam College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Southam College's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 15 July 2026.