Southam St James CofE Academy
Tollgate Road, Southam, CV47 1EE
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Trust
- THE DIOCESE OF COVENTRY MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
- Executive Headteacher
- Laura Richards
- Diocese
- Diocese of Coventry
- Sponsor
- Diocese of Coventry
- Constituency
- Kenilworth and Southam
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 149
- URN
- 146151
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01926812127
About this school
Southam St James CofE Academy is a Church of England primary academy in Southam. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 149 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 26 | 26 | 27 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 62% | 50% | 59% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 73% | 69% | 78% |
| Expected standard in maths | 73% | 54% | 67% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 73% | 65% | 59% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 103.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 101.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.10 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Southam St James CofE Academy 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 | 62% | 58.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 50% | 58.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 59% | 59.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 190 |
| 2023/24 | 186 |
| 2024/25 | 166 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Southam St James CofE Academy compares
Southam St James CofE Academy ranked 101st of 162 primary schools in Warwickshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 38% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 61% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 59% | 4.9% | 25.3% | 149 | — |
| Southam Primary School | 76% | 5% | 19.5% | 412 | 0.2 miles |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Southam | — | 5.3% | 27.5% | 150 | 0.2 miles |
| Stockton Primary School | 71% | 3.7% | 9.9% | 149 | 1.4 miles |
| Long Itchington CofE Academy | 45% | 4.6% | 18.2% | 179 | 1.7 miles |
| St Lawrence CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School | 48% | 4% | 13.1% | 199 | 3.0 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 25.3%
- English as an additional language
- 4.8%
- Overall absence
- 4.94%
- Persistent absence
- 16.03%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Southam Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Southam
-
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Southam0.2 miles
Primary · Southam
-
Stockton Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Southam
-
Long Itchington CofE Academy1.7 miles
Primary · Southam
-
St Lawrence CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School3.0 miles
Primary · Southam
Other schools in Southam
Southam St James CofE Academy ranks 6th of the 9 ranked primary schools in Southam.
- Bishops Itchington Primary School Primary
- Long Itchington CofE Academy Primary
- Southam Primary School 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
- Southam College Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Southam St James CofE Academy teach?
- Southam St James CofE Academy teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Southam.
- Who is the executive headteacher of Southam St James CofE Academy?
- The executive headteacher of Southam St James CofE Academy is Laura Richards, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Southam St James CofE Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Southam St James CofE Academy, 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 St James CofE Academy?
- Southam St James CofE Academy has 149 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Southam St James CofE Academy full?
- Southam St James CofE Academy has capacity for 210 pupils and 149 on roll (71%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Southam St James CofE Academy a faith school?
- Yes. Southam St James CofE Academy is designated Church of England, in the Diocese of Coventry.
- Does Southam St James CofE Academy have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Southam St James CofE Academy as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Southam St James CofE Academy?
- Southam St James CofE Academy is part of THE DIOCESE OF COVENTRY 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 St James CofE Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 62% in 2022/23 and 59% 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 St James CofE Academy rank locally?
- Southam St James CofE Academy ranked 101st of 162 primary schools in Warwickshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 38% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 61% 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 St James CofE Academy's absence rate?
- Southam St James CofE Academy's overall absence rate is 4.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Southam St James CofE Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Southam St James CofE Academy'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 10 July 2026.