‘One of those pinch-me places’: Silverstone’s school facilitating a fast-track into motor sport

‘It doesn’t feel like a school, it doesn’t look like a school … and the sound of the track alongside it is just an added bonus,’ says one of the school’s graduates. Photograph: Tony Smith/Alamy

Unnoticeable amid the spectacle and heaving crowds at the British Grand Prix this weekend, the school that overlooks the circuit is a definitive success story and will continue its contribution to Formula One well into the future after the roar of the engines has receded.

Kian Brown and Savannah Morgan both graduated last year from the Silverstone University Technical College that facilitates a fast-track into engineering, and they have gone on to take positions with F1 teams. Brown is now a composite machining apprentice at Mercedes and Morgan is an advanced digital machining apprentice at Cadillac.