The Priors School is a primary free school in Southam, United Kingdom with 97 pupils, part of The Warriner Multi Academy Trust. As of 10 November 2026 it is advertising 3 vacancies: Teacher KS2 Fixed Term Maternity Cover (closes 16 November), Teaching Assistant – Level Fixed Term (closes 24 November) and Early Years Practitioner – Level 3 (closes 16 November).
Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. 3 live vacancies.
Head
Ricky Emms, Headteacher
Trust or group
The Warriner Multi Academy Trust
Type
Free school, Primary
Pupils
97 pupils · 50% girls · 6.9% eligible for free school meals · 2.9% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
11 (10.8%) on SEN support · 4 (3.9%) with an education, health and care plan DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
LEVEL 2 - To work under the instruction/guidance of teaching/senior staff to undertake work/care/support programmes, to enable access to learning for pupils and to assist the…
To work as part of a team in order to provide an enabling, stimulating environment in which children can play and learn and meets the requirements of the Early Years Framework…
Are you interested in an exciting opportunity? Do you want to work in a school that “puts children at the heart of all of its decisions”? Do you want to work in a school that…
Exam results
Year
KS2 expected
KS2 higher
2024/25
82%
0%
2023/24
75%
0%
2022/23
75%
0%
Department for Education performance tables.
Inspections
Date
Inspection
Outcome
10 December 2024
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
28 November 2019
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.
Staff
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
5.8
16.5
–
0
£55,171
2024/25
6.6
14.1
0%
0
£50,136
2023/24
6.0
15.6
3%
0
£49,736
2022/23
5.7
13.1
18%
0
£45,716
2021/22
4.7
17.0
0%
0
£43,512
2020/21
4.9
16.3
4%
0
£43,343
Earlier years (2011/12 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
4.9
16.3
0%
0
£40,920
2018/19
4.9
15.9
0%
0
£38,874
2017/18
4.8
15.7
0%
0
£35,896
2016/17
4.9
17.0
0%
0
£35,670
2015/16
3.8
20.4
26%
0
£36,432
2014/15
4.3
16.8
23%
0
£29,664
2013/14
3.2
19.4
0%
0
£25,503
2012/13
3.2
16.6
0%
0
£25,503
2011/12
3.2
13.9
0%
0
£25,503
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
Attendance
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
4.2%
0.3%
8.1%
2.7%
2024/25
3.5%
0.6%
8.4%
0.0%
2023/24
4.4%
0.2%
11.4%
0.0%
2022/23
4.4%
0.5%
5.5%
0.0%
2021/22
6.0%
0.6%
13.0%
0.0%
2020/21
4.1%
0.1%
6.9%
4.2%
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2018/19
2.9%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
2017/18
3.3%
0.3%
7.3%
0.0%
2016/17
3.0%
0.2%
4.0%
0.0%
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.