Southam St James CofE Academy

Stratford-on-Avon · CV47 1EE

General information Primary School · 4-11 years Who goes here 149 pupils, 26.8% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted and results

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Southam St James CofE Academy

General Information

Address: Tollgate Road, Southam, CV47 1EE – View on map
Phone: 01926812127
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Laura Richards
Age range: 4-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 6 families put it first for 12 places – 5 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 5
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

149 pupils out of 210 places Plenty of room

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 40
% eligible for free school meals: 26.8%
Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the Stratford-on-Avon average)
English as an additional language: 4% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 12.5% a year (Stratford-on-Avon 15.4%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 61% moved to another school, 39% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Warwickshire: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 11 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 1
Suspensions for bullying: 27 (0.6 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 4 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state primary schools in Warwickshire (the council area this school is in), not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 4.9%
Persistently absent pupils: 16.0%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 11.4%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.7%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Moderate learning difficulty: 11 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
Hearing impairment: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

No overall grade given 2025 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted stopped giving single overall grades for a period between September 2024 and November 2025 - this school's most recent inspection falls in that window, so there's no single rating to show, even though it was inspected. The full report (linked below) still has the detail.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 59% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 4 percentage points below the Stratford-on-Avon average (63%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 57% against an expected 63%)
3-year average (expected standard): 57%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 78% · Writing 74% · Maths 67% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 59%
Average test scores: reading 106, maths 101
Based on: 27 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolStratford-on-Avon averageEngland→ Broadly steady No clear rise or fall since 2022/23 (changes this small are normal from one year group to the next). In 2024/25 this school was 4 percentage points below the Stratford-on-Avon average (63%).

Year 6 SATs: 32nd of 51 junior and primary schools in the area

=30Newbold and Tredington CofE Primary School60%
=30St Mary's Catholic Primary School60%
#32Southam St James CofE Academy59%
#33Temple Herdewyke Primary School57%
#34Temple Grafton CofE Primary School56%

Click to see the full ranking

Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

=1Ilmington CofE Primary School93%
=1St Gregory's Catholic Primary School93%
#3Claverdon Primary School84%
=4The Priors School82%
=4Welford-on-Avon Primary School82%
#6Mappleborough Green CofE Primary School81%
#7St Mary's Catholic Primary School80%
#8Stratford-Upon-Avon Primary School79%
#9Tanworth-in-Arden CofE Primary School77%
=10Our Lady's Catholic Primary School76%
=10Southam Primary School76%
=12Brailes Church of England Primary School75%
=12Ettington CofE Primary School75%
=12Shipston-on-Stour Primary School75%
#15Wilmcote C of E Primary School74%
=16Alveston CofE Primary School73%
=16Snitterfield Primary School73%
=16Wootton Wawen CofE Primary School73%
#19Stockton Primary School71%
#20Wolverton Primary School70%
=21Bishopton Primary School69%
=21Tysoe CofE Primary School69%
#23Harbury CofE Primary School68%
#24Kineton Church of England Primary School67%
=25Bidford-on-Avon CofE Primary School65%
=25Bishops Itchington Primary School65%
=25Tudor Grange Primary Academy, Haselor65%
=28Holy Trinity CofE Primary School62%
=28The Dassett CofE Primary School62%
=30Newbold and Tredington CofE Primary School60%
=30St Mary's Catholic Primary School60%
#32Southam St James CofE Academy59%
#33Temple Herdewyke Primary School57%
#34Temple Grafton CofE Primary School56%
=35Acorns Primary School55%
=35Dunnington CofE Primary School55%
=35Moreton Morrell CofE Primary School55%
=35Wellesbourne CofE Primary School55%
=39Bridgetown Primary School53%
=39Quinton Primary School53%
#41St Nicholas CofE Primary52%
#42Lighthorne Heath Primary School50%
#43St Lawrence CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School48%
#44Coughton CofE Primary School47%
=45Hampton Lucy CofE Primary School46%
=45Henley-In-Arden CofE Primary School46%
=45Studley St Mary's CofE Academy46%
#48Long Itchington CofE Academy45%
#49Thomas Jolyffe Primary School38%
#50Shottery St Andrew's CofE Primary School35%
#51Salford Priors CofE Academy27%

View full Ofsted inspection report

Financials

Spending per pupil: £6,416 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

37th of 53 primary schools in Stratford-on-Avon for spending per pupil

#35Bridgetown Primary School£6,460
#36Alveston CofE Primary School£6,449
#37Southam St James CofE Academy£6,416
#38Tanworth-in-Arden CofE Primary School£6,344
#39Coughton CofE Primary School£6,322

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Loxley CofE Community Primary School£19,053
#2Salford Priors CofE Academy£12,320
#3Hampton Lucy CofE Primary School£11,363
#4Newbold and Tredington CofE Primary School£11,025
#5Henley-In-Arden CofE Primary School£10,623
#6Dunnington CofE Primary School£9,719
#7Lighthorne Heath Primary School£8,874
#8Welford-on-Avon Primary School£8,644
#9Snitterfield Primary School£8,551
#10Tudor Grange Primary Academy, Haselor£8,461
#11The Priors School£8,043
#12Temple Herdewyke Primary School£7,950
#13The Dassett CofE Primary School£7,877
#14Shottery St Andrew's CofE Primary School£7,806
#15Wilmcote C of E Primary School£7,769
#16St Mary's Catholic Primary School£7,753
#17Wolverton Primary School£7,684
#18Brailes Church of England Primary School£7,590
#19Harbury CofE Primary School£7,515
#20Wootton Wawen CofE Primary School£7,422
#21Moreton Morrell CofE Primary School£7,411
#22Acorns Primary School£7,369
#23Our Lady's Catholic Primary School£7,340
#24Thomas Jolyffe Primary School£7,315
#25Holy Trinity CofE Primary School£7,223
#26Ettington CofE Primary School£7,123
#27Mappleborough Green CofE Primary School£7,122
#28Temple Grafton CofE Primary School£6,945
#29St Lawrence CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School£6,792
#30Ilmington CofE Primary School£6,753
#31Bishopton Primary School£6,746
#32Tysoe CofE Primary School£6,717
#33Bishops Itchington Primary School£6,701
#34Quinton Primary School£6,664
#35Bridgetown Primary School£6,460
#36Alveston CofE Primary School£6,449
#37Southam St James CofE Academy£6,416
#38Tanworth-in-Arden CofE Primary School£6,344
#39Coughton CofE Primary School£6,322
#40Shipston-on-Stour Primary School£6,262
#41Bidford-on-Avon CofE Primary School£6,244
#42Stratford-Upon-Avon Primary School£6,231
#43Wellesbourne CofE Primary School£6,148
#44St Nicholas CofE Primary£6,148
#45Tudor Grange Primary Academy Meon Vale£6,065
#46Long Itchington CofE Academy£6,059
#47Kineton Church of England Primary School£5,885
#48Stockton Primary School£5,842
#49Claverdon Primary School£5,791
#50Southam Primary School£5,325
#51St Mary's Catholic Primary School£5,189
#52St Gregory's Catholic Primary School£5,053
#53St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Southam£4,972

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