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The Duston School

Berrywood Road, Duston, Northampton, NN5 6XA

LUMINARA EDUCATION TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

Good

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance94.3%
AttainmentProgress 8: +0.14
AdmissionsNot published from capacity data
Pupils2064

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

Latest visit (May 2026): renewed Ofsted format (no single overall grade) — inclusion, curriculum and teaching, achievement, attendance and behaviour, personal development and wellbeing, leadership and governance, early years and post-16 provision strong standard. See the full Ofsted report.

Inspection history

Improved from Requires improvement (16 Oct 2018).

  1. Previous gradedRequires improvement

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

View on Ofsted

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in NN5. Where we have them, council (West Northamptonshire) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
2064
Free school meals
16.4%
1.1% below district average (17.5%)

Also: West Northamptonshire 16.6% · England 24%

SEN
17.1%
2.3% below district average (19.4%)

Also: West Northamptonshire 17.8% · England 19.6%

EAL
16.6%
17.5% below district average (34.1%)
Attendance
94.3%
1.6% below district average (95.9%)

Also: West Northamptonshire 93.5% · England 93.4%

Persistent absence
15.1%
Attainment
Progress 8: +0.14

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the NN5 average; the darker bar is this school.

Trends over time

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2195.8%
  • 2021/2291.1%
  • 2022/2392.3%
  • 2023/2493.4%
  • 2024/2593.2%

KS2 attainment

Share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (all pupils).

  • 2022/2362%
  • 2023/2470%
  • 2024/2572%

Admissions

Demand signal
Not published from capacity data
Published capacity (GIAS)
1113
Pupils on roll
2064

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the West Northamptonshire page.

SEN support

SEN %
17.1%
On-site provision
SEN unit · ASD
Need types
ASD

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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