Secondary
Silverstone UTC
Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, NN12 8TL
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- University technical college
- Ages
- 14 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 463 of 550 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.5
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- THE SILVERSTONE ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 30.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 42.8
- Pupils per adult
- 10.3
- Pupils
- 442
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected November 2023
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
October 2019
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
GCSE results
15%
31.1
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 31.1 |
| EBacc average point score | 1.94 |
| Entered the EBacc | 1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 39% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 15% |
| A level average points per entry | 19.57 |
| A level students | 57 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 29% |
| 22/23 | 21% |
| 23/24 | 23% |
| 24/25 | 15% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 24.3 |
| 22/23 | 19.4 |
| 23/24 | 20.9 |
| 24/25 | 19.6 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.98 |
| 22/23 | -0.83 |
| 23/24 | -1.28 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 38.1 |
| 22/23 | 37.7 |
| 23/24 | 34.4 |
| 24/25 | 31.1 |
Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, NN12 8TL
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
West Northamptonshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Angela Murphy
- Address
- Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, NN12 8TL
- Telephone
- 01327855010