Silverstone UTC
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
F29
- Type
- University technical college
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Towcester, NN12 8TL
- Distance
- 6.7km away
Sponne School
Brackley Road, Towcester, NN12 6DJ
Local ranking6th of 20 secondary schools in West Northamptonshire
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1373
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 21 January 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 52.0 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 55.2% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 82.8% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 34.9% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.7 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 232
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 88.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 83.0%
- Higher education
- 43.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 35.0%
- Not sustained
- 13.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C+
Avg A-Level Grade
34.8
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
36.0
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
129
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 16.5% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 31.5
- 16-18 Cohort
- 266
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1422
- Boys
- 685 (48%)
- Girls
- 737 (52%)
- Capacity
- 1373 (104% full)
- SEND
- 17.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 13.1%
- EAL
- 2.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.8%
- SEN Support
- 15.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 85.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,638/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 16.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 87.8%
- White Other: 4.3%
- Mixed Other: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.8%
- Asian Chinese: 0.8%
- Black African: 0.8%
87.8%
White British
4.3%
White Other
1.3%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Brackley Road
Towcester, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 136488
- UKPRN
- 10033021
- Establishment No.
- 4004
- Trust
- TOVE LEARNING TRUST
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