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Silverstone Church of England Primary School

Primary · Towcester · NN12 8UB

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Strong standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Strong standardEarly years: Strong standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 7 July 2026 · report published 20 September 2026

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At a glance

224 pupils · 62% of 360 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
10.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
2.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
8.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.silverstoneprimary.org.uk
URN
143614

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 37 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.23 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 7 July 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.23 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 37 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

47 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
83%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
13%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school83%
Median of its 12 closest peers72%
West Northamptonshire average62.4%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Newton Bluecoat Church of England Primary SchoolPreston · 138 miles awayGood70%
St Patricks Church of England Primary AcademySolihull · 39 miles awayGood77%
All Saints CofE Junior SchoolMatlock · 76 miles awayStrong standard86%
Aldington Primary SchoolAshford · 109 miles awayGood58%
Broomfield Community Primary SchoolLeicester · 43 miles awayExpected standard89%
St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolAylesford · 84 miles awayGood72%
Scholar Green Primary SchoolStoke-on-Trent · 87 miles awayGood63%
Ripon Cathedral Church of England Primary SchoolRipon · 142 miles awayGood (2016)72%
Lilleshall Primary SchoolNewport · 73 miles awayOutstanding67%
St Bede's Catholic Primary School, WashingtonWashington · 196 miles awayGood80%
Blacklow Brow SchoolLiverpool · 118 miles awayStrong standard86%
Brenchley and Matfield Church of England Primary SchoolTonbridge · 89 miles awayGood67%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 88% (West Northamptonshire 59%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (West Northamptonshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other White background 2% (West Northamptonshire 14%, England 7%) · Not recorded 2% (West Northamptonshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (West Northamptonshire 2%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (West Northamptonshire 1%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 1% (West Northamptonshire 4%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (West Northamptonshire 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.84 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · West Northamptonshire: 2.82 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
23.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

91% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% moved to another state school

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

42.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.4 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £48,021; 7.7% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£6,122
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 72% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 12% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£23,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher36.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work43.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways8.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health55.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier77.9%62.3%
Social housing11.9%17.1%
Privately rented10.2%20.5%
Detached houses51%22.9%
Flats5.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms45.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van4.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01027295 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£373,50080 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£282,500–£542,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (36)£552,500
Semi-detached (24)£319,000
Terraced (15)£275,000
Flat (5)£135,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
1a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
4a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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