The Duston School | All-through in Northampton, West Northamptonshire | Ofsted & DfE

72%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

72%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

48%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

50.0

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

60%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

1270.9

EBacc APS · 2024/25

2,018

Pupils · 2024/25

17%

EAL · 2024/25

17%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

72%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

72%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

48%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

50.0

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

60%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

1270.9

EBacc APS · 2024/25

2,018

Pupils · 2024/25

17%

EAL · 2024/25

17%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

72%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

72%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

48%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

50.0

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

60%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

1270.9

EBacc APS · 2024/25

2,018

Pupils · 2024/25

17%

EAL · 2024/25

17%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 22/06/2021

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityWest Northamptonshire

PhaseAll-through with sixth form

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio19.3:1

AdmissionsNon-selective

Religious characterNone

StatusOpen

Overview of The Duston School · All-through · West Northamptonshire

Part ofLUMINARA EDUCATION TRUST

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

72%

+2pp

72%67%62%

'23'24'25

'25 · 72%

RWM higher standard

+4pp

7%5%3%

'23'24'25

'25 · 7%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

82%

Reading higher standard

43%

Writing expected standard

77%

Writing higher standard

17%

Maths expected standard

82%

Maths higher standard

22%

Science expected standard

77%

SPAG expected standard

85%

SPAG higher standard

38%

Reading scaled score

107.0

Maths scaled score

105.0

GPS scaled score

107.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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How does this school perform?

Key Stage 4 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

GCSE 9–4 incl. Eng & maths

72%

-4pp

76%73%69%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 72%

GCSE 5+ incl. Eng & maths

48%

-5pp

53%48%44%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 48%

Attainment 8

50.0

+1.6

50.048.246.5

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 50.0

EBacc entry

60%

-5pp

79%55%30%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 60%

EBacc APS

1270.9

+93.3

1270.91123.2975.5

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 1270.9

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Sixth form

Key Stage 5 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

A-level APS

37.7

+4.1

37.734.330.9

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 37.7

A-level value added

+0.37

+0.1

+0.5+0.3+0.1

'17'18'19'24'25

'25 · +0.4

AAB+ in facilitating subjects

23%

+9pp

23%16%10%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 23%

Average A-level grade

B-

B-C+C

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · B-

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

2,018

Pupil : teacher ratio

19.3

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

17%

FSM eligible

19%

SEN

17%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

17%

Contact

Address

Berrywood Road, Duston, Northampton, NN5 6XA

Local authority

West Northamptonshire

Website

http://www.thedustonschool.org

Telephone

01604460004

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	72%	7%	82%	43%	77%	17%	82%	22%	77%	85%	107.0	105.0	107.0	—	—	—	17%	2,018
2023/24	70%	3%	82%	30%	79%	13%	79%	13%	89%	82%	107.0	105.0	107.0	—	—	—	15%	1,982
2022/23	62%	3%	82%	38%	79%	7%	79%	18%	89%	85%	107.0	105.0	105.0	+0.20	-1.40	-0.90	14%	1,951
2018/19	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	11%	1,641
2017/18	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	10%	1,588
2016/17	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	9%	1,528

Secondary — Key Stage 4

GCSE attainment and Progress 8 — how pupils progressed from KS2 to KS4.

Year	GCSE 9–4	GCSE 5+	Attainment 8	Progress 8	EBacc entry	EBacc APS	EBacc lang entry	Cohort
2024/25	72%	48%	50.0	Not applicable	60%	1270.9	61%	2,018
2023/24	76%	53%	48.4	+0.14	65%	1177.5	70%	1,982
2022/23	69%	45%	46.5	+0.17	72%	1034.3	73%	1,951
2021/22	74%	51%	47.8	+0.02	79%	1054.2	80%	1,899
2018/19	72%	44%	48.9	+0.28	30%	975.5	35%	1,641
2017/18	54%	35%	41.7	-0.30	21%	800.3	21%	1,588
2016/17	50%	29%	41.0	-0.30	17%	—	29%	1,528

Sixth form — Key Stage 5

Year	A-level APS	Avg grade	VA progress	AAB+	Cohort
2024/25	37.7	B-	+0.37	23%	115
2023/24	33.6	C+	+0.27	14%	97
2022/23	33.8	C+	—	19%	123
2021/22	32.7	C+	—	15%	105
2018/19	30.9	C	+0.48	10%	105
2017/18	30.5	C	+0.17	10%	109
2016/17	27.8	C-	+0.06	4%	130

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	2,018	19.6	17%	17%	19%	7%	17%
2023/24	1,982	18.6	15%	15%	18%	7%	19%
2022/23	1,951	18.7	14%	14%	16%	8%	20%
2021/22	1,899	17.4	13%	13%	16%	9%	28%
2020/21	1,846	17.6	13%	14%	15%	—	—
2018/19	1,641	17.5	11%	14%	20%	5%	11%
2017/18	1,588	17.6	10%	13%	20%	6%	15%
2016/17	1,528	16.1	9%	13%	23%	6%	16%