Silverstone UTC
Ofsted: Requires improvementUniversity technical college · Secondary
Towcester · NN12 8TL · West Northamptonshire
Ages 14–19
- Att834.4
- P8-1.3
- EM5+23%
- Absence12.5%
2.6 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 121993
Syresham St James CofE Primary School and Nursery
Voluntary controlled school · Brackley · NN13 5HL
Ages 2–11 · 122 pupils · West Northamptonshire
Ofsted
School remains Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
75%
Overall absence
3.8%
Admissions demand
0.92 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2023-01-30
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)75%
Higher standard (RWM)13%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 108.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 106.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence3.8%
Persistent absence (10%+)7.2%
Unauthorised0.5%
- Authorised absence
- 3.3%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 69
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.92 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
11
Places offered
12
1st-preference offers
11
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 22
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 12
- Applications from outside LA
- 1
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 1
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill116%
122 pupils · 105 places
- Pupils on roll
- 122
- Boys / girls
- 54 / 68
- School capacity
- 105
- Capacity fill
- 122 / 105 (116%)
- Free school meals
- 4.1%
- FSM pupils
- 5
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
Age range
Ages 2–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Peterborough
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary controlled school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Katherine Clough
Location
- Address
- High Street, Syresham
- Postcode
- NN13 5HL
- Town
- Brackley
- County
- Northamptonshire
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
- District
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary controlled school (primary), Ages 2–11, in Brackley, West Northamptonshire, 122 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 4.1%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Peterborough.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Katherine Clough
- Telephone
- 01280850269