Long Itchington CofE Academy, Southam

Ofsted's report card from its 23 June 2026 inspection grades Long Itchington CofE Academy on 7 areas: 5 expected standard and 2 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Attendance has improved year on year and is now a strength of the school."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children benefit from a calm, nurturing and well‑organised environment where they quickly feel settled and eager to learn."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders have a secure understanding of the needs of pupils with barriers to learning."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders, including those from the trust and academy governance committee (AGC), have an accurate understanding of the school's strengths and where further development is needed."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The school provides a well-structured personal development curriculum that teaches pupils how to stay safe, build healthy relationships and maintain their well being."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Pupils' attainment, as reflected in the most recent national assessments at the end of key stage 2, is below national average in reading, writing and mathematics."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "Leaders have revised the curriculum since the school's previous inspection."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should strengthen teachers' pedagogical knowledge and address inconsistencies in teaching so that staff can deliver the curriculum effectively and enable pupils to achieve the standards they are capable of"; "Leaders should ensure that teachers use assessment effectively to identify and address misconceptions and gaps in pupils' learning"; "Leaders should ensure that teaching enables pupils, especially disadvantaged learners, to build secure knowledge and skills so that they make effective progress from their starting points and achieve well in national tests".

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils at Long Itchington CofE Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 66% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 74% in Warwickshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 63% in reading and 48% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 21 families put Long Itchington CofE Academy as their first choice and 39 named it as one of their preferences, for 28 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 1 family who put it first was not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Long Itchington CofE Academy are Stockton Primary School (1.3 miles, Good, 86% reading, 81% maths); Southam St James CofE Academy (1.7 miles, Requires improvement, 78% reading, 67% maths); Southam Primary School (1.8 miles, Good, 83% reading, 83% maths); and St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Southam (1.9 miles).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Long Itchington CofE Academy.

Long Itchington CofE Academy is one of 22 schools run by The Diocese of Coventry Multi-Academy Trust, an academy trust.

2.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

Long Itchington CofE Academy had 13 teachers in 2026, one for every 14 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Long Itchington CofE Academy.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Wulfstan Drive (adjacent), 160 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 18 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Warwickshire (88).

In 2024/25, Long Itchington CofE Academy issued 7 suspensions, 3.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.