All-through
The Duston School
Berrywood Road, Duston, Northampton, NN5 6XA
Key facts
- Phase
- All-through
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 2064 of 1830 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.4
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- LUMINARA EDUCATION TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 108.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 147.6
- Pupils per adult
- 13.4
- Pupils
- 1,982
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2026
- AchievementStrong standard
- Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
- Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
- Early yearsStrong standard
- InclusionStrong standard
- Leadership and governanceStrong standard
- Sixth formStrong standard
- Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
June 2021
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
GCSE results
48%
2 points above the Northampton average (46% across 4 schools)
50.0
2.4 above the Northampton average (47.6 across 4 schools)
3rd of 4 by our score, among the all-through schools in Northampton we can score - 8 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 105 |
| Average reading score | 107 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 72% |
| Working at a higher standard | 7% |
| Attainment 8 | 50 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.66 |
| Entered the EBacc | 60% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 72% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 48% |
| A level average points per entry | 37.71 |
| A level students | 106 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 62% |
| 23/24 | 70% |
| 24/25 | 72% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 51% |
| 22/23 | 45% |
| 23/24 | 53% |
| 24/25 | 48% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 32.7 |
| 22/23 | 33.8 |
| 23/24 | 33.6 |
| 24/25 | 37.7 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 107.0 |
| 23/24 | 107.0 |
| 24/25 | 107.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.02 |
| 22/23 | +0.17 |
| 23/24 | +0.14 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 105.0 |
| 24/25 | 105.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 47.8 |
| 22/23 | 46.5 |
| 23/24 | 48.4 |
| 24/25 | 50.0 |
Berrywood Road, Duston, Northampton, NN5 6XA
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
West Northamptonshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Principal
- Samuel Strickland
- Address
- Berrywood Road, Duston, Northampton, NN5 6XA
- Telephone
- 01604460004