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Southview School

Special schoolAges 3–19AcademySixth form

near Witham, CM8 2TA · Essex local authority

Witham’s School Grade C− better than 23% of towns in England

How full
106 pupils
98% of its 108 places
Free school meals
36%
36 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Southview School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 36% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Outstanding, September 2022 (shown, not graded)
  • Outside any built-up area: listed with Witham, the nearest town
  • Homes in its postcode sector (CM8 2) sold for a median £310,000; Witham’s is £315,000

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

95 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
10.5%England 15.3%
EHC plan
89.5%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
2.1%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
36.6%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 47%Boys 53%
Its letter

No letter for Southview School

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Outstanding, September 2022.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Southview School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in CM8 2, the school’s postcode sector

Witham property prices →
£310,000
median sale, 514 sales in 36 months · Witham £315,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K2010201520202025CM8 2Witham
CM8 2Witham

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£450K
Semi-detached
£350K
Terraced
£295K
Flat
£175K
CM8 2Witham

Homes in CM8 2 sell for about the same as Witham’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

7 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNCCB−C−DBSouthview School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

near Witham, CM8 2TA

Southview School: common questions

What is Southview School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Outstanding (September 2022).

How much do houses cost near Southview School?

Homes in its postcode sector, CM8 2, sold for a median £310,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (514 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Witham’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.