St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Southam

About St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Southam

St Mary's Catholic Primary School in Southam is a state-funded Roman Catholic primary that is noticeably undersubscribed in terms of its physical capacity, yet heavily oversubscribed at the point of admission. The school has a published capacity of 210 pupils but currently only 159 on roll, leaving around a quarter of its spaces unfilled. However, for the 2025/26 intake, it received 58 applications for just 14 places, with only 12 of those going to first-preference families — an oversubscription ratio of 4.14, meaning more than four families applied for every available spot. This suggests a school that is popular within its Catholic catchment but constrained by its admission criteria. The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals stands at 25.9%, which is notably higher than the national primary average of around 23% and well above the Warwickshire local authority average of roughly 17%. That makes St Mary's a more diverse and less affluent intake than many of its neighbouring primaries, and the school clearly serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage.

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