Sponne School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C64
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Towcester, NN12 6DJ
- Distance
- 6.7km away
Silverstone UTC
Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, NN12 8TL
Local ranking23rd of 23 secondary schools in West Northamptonshire
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
550
Capacity
14-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 28 November 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 36.2 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 34.5% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 52.7% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 110
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 80.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 11.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Higher education
- 28.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 20.0%
- Employment
- 38.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
D
Avg A-Level Grade
19.6
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
8.9
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
57
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 0.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 30.5
- 16-18 Cohort
- 241
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 480
- Boys
- 374 (81%)
- Girls
- 89 (19%)
- Capacity
- 550 (84% full)
- SEND
- 14.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 19.3%
- EAL
- 4.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.3%
- SEN Support
- 12.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 30.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,417/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 12.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 36.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- University technical college
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- Not applicable
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 73.0%
- White Other: 9.1%
- Mixed Other: 2.7%
- Black African: 2.7%
- Asian Indian: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.9%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.3%
73.0%
White British
9.1%
White Other
2.7%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Silverstone Circuit
Towcester, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 139690
- UKPRN
- 10041717
- Establishment No.
- 4011
- Trust
- THE SILVERSTONE ACADEMY TRUST
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