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Long Itchington CofE Academy

Academy converter in Southam, CV47 9QP, taking ages 4 to 11, 179 on roll.

Requires improvement Ofsted, Apr 2024
3.51 mi Admitted from, 2025/26
85% Full
45.0% Met the expected standard, 2024/25

Will an address get in?

In 2025/26, the furthest child offered a place lived 3.51 miles away.

Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close 15 January 2027; offers on 16 April 2027.

The circle is 3.51 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2025/26.

Long Itchington CofE Academy: 3.51 miles, 2025/26 Southam College: 3.17 miles, 2025/26, published by Warwickshire

This is not a catchment area. 3.51 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.
How to read this

Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Long Itchington CofE Academy is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.

Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children and faith criteria come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.

Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary. The labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside both circles; each opens the district's guide.

The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.

One published year so far: 2025/26, from Warwickshire. With two or more, the map can draw any of them.

Source: Warwickshire, published admission distances, 2025/26

Where Long Itchington CofE Academy and Southam College are both in reach

Both distances are drawn on the map above. Southam College admitted from 3.17 miles in 2025/26, published by Warwickshire. Its own page has the rest of its figures.

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside both published distances, cheapest first by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is CV47 at £285,000. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.

DistrictAreaFrom Long Itchington CofE AcademyFrom Southam CollegeMedian sold price
CV47 Stratford-on-Avon 3.2 mi 1.6 mi £285,000 18 sales

Sold prices from HM Land Registry, via each district's area guide. Distances measured from each district's centre to each school's point on the Department for Education register.

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If the answer is no, you can appeal. In Warwickshire, 71 of 356 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (19.9%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together. How every council compares.

Other schools nearby with a published distance

The closest schools to Long Itchington CofE Academy that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.

SchoolPhaseAdmitted fromAway
Stockton Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.77 mi 2025/26 1.3 mi
Southam College Both in reach Secondary 3.17 mi 2025/26 1.7 mi
Southam St James CofE Academy Both in reach Primary 5.7 mi 2025/26 1.7 mi
Southam Primary School Both in reach Primary 2.0 mi 2025/26 1.8 mi
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Southam Both in reach Primary 0.68 mi 2025/26 1.9 mi
Leamington Hastings Church of England Academy Both in reach Primary 6.41 mi 2025/26 2.4 mi

The distance as a picture

Long Itchington CofE Academy catchment area map: the 3.51 mile admission distance, 2025/26 and the postcode districts inside it
Drawn to scale from the published figure, with the districts whose centre falls inside. Save the picture, or share this page and this is the card that appears.

What kind of school this is

Religious characterChurch of England
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
How full 179 pupils in 210 places (85% full)
TrustTHE DIOCESE OF COVENTRY MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
Local authorityWarwickshire

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted Requires improvement, inspected 24 April 2024
Meeting the expected standard 45.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25)
YearMeeting the expected standard
2024/25 45.0%
2023/24 41.0%
2022/23 46.0%

Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.

Who goes to Long Itchington CofE Academy

Girls and boys49.2% girls, 50.8% boys
English as an additional language2.8% of pupils
Free school meals16.8% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

What it costs to live within reach of Long Itchington CofE Academy

Cheapest district inside the 3.51 miles: CV47, median £285,000.

DistrictAreaFrom the schoolMedian sold price
CV47 Stratford-on-Avon 3.2 mi £285,000 18 sales
How to read this

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 3.51 miles the school admitted from in 2025/26, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.

How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.

Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide

Getting to Long Itchington CofE Academy by bus

Best-served stop: Wulfstan Drive, 174 yd away, with 0.9 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 07:44, last 18:23.

Every stop within 600 m
StopFrom the schoolWeekday daytime, an hourEveningSundayRoutes
Wulfstan Drive174 yd0.90.00.0664
Keepers Meadow0.1 mi0.90.00.0664
Collingham Lane0.2 mi0.90.00.0664

These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.

Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026

The fee-paying alternative

Weighing Long Itchington CofE Academy against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around CV47: ages, selection, and how full each one is → What it costs to live at CV47 9QP, by the school: council tax, energy, prices, rent, stamp duty →

Checking the house as well as the school

The full report checks one address against every nearby school, with sold prices, flood risk and crime.

Common questions

What is the catchment area for Long Itchington CofE Academy?

Long Itchington CofE Academy does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2025/26 lived 3.51 miles away, per Warwickshire.

How close do I need to live to get a place at Long Itchington CofE Academy?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 3.51 miles was enough in 2025/26. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.

Does buying a house near Long Itchington CofE Academy guarantee a place?

No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings and faith criteria ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.

Every Warwickshire school's distance

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