Schools in Towcester
Towcester in West Northamptonshire has 17 schools in the catchment.school database, including 14 primaries and 2 secondaries – Sponne School and the specialist Silverstone UTC – coordinated by West Northamptonshire Council. Eleven of the 17 schools carry a Church of England designation, making Towcester one of the most faith-heavy admissions areas in Northamptonshire. This matters practically: faith criteria run alongside distance at all 11 CofE schools, meaning catchment distance alone does not determine a place.
Eight of the 17 schools are academies, each publishing their own oversubscription criteria separately from the council's coordinated round. The average fill rate is 74% and two schools are currently at or above their admission number. Seven of eight Ofsted-rated schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Silverstone UTC is a University Technical College specialising in engineering and motorsport technology, with its own application process and national catchment – families interested in that provision should apply directly to the school.
School demand in Towcester
Across the 16 schools in Towcester with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 74%. 2 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
11 schools in Towcester have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
8 of the schools in Towcester are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of West Northamptonshire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
8 of the schools in Towcester have a current Ofsted rating, of which 7 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Towcester: 1 oversubscribed (14)
John Hellins Primary School
Primary · Community school
Towcester · NN12 7PG
Pattishall Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Towcester · NN12 8NE
Stoke Bruerne Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Towcester · NN12 7SD
Whittlebury Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Towcester · NN12 8XH
Yardley Gobion Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Towcester · NN12 7UL
Tiffield Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Towcester · NN12 8AB
Nicholas Hawksmoor Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Towcester · NN12 6JA
St Loys Church of England Primary Academy, Weedon Lois
Primary · Academy converter
Towcester · NN12 8PP
Towcester Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Towcester · NN12 6AU
Silverstone Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Towcester · NN12 8UB
Greens Norton Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Towcester · NN12 8DD
Blakesley Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Towcester · NN12 8RD
Marie Weller Primary School
Primary · Free schools
Towcester · NN12 6LZ
Paulerspury Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Towcester · NN12 7NA
Secondary Schools in Towcester (2)
Other Schools in Towcester (1)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Towcester are set by West Northamptonshire and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.