The Duston School
All-through schoolThe Duston School is a all-through school in West Northamptonshire, for pupils aged 4 to 18. It had 2,064 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 10 March 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 72% of pupils at The Duston School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in West Northamptonshire and 62% in England.
7% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at The Duston School was 46.0, against 46.0 in West Northamptonshire and 46.2 in England.
44% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | West Northamptonshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 72% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 7% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105 | 105 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | West Northamptonshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 46.0 | 46.0 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 44% | 45.4% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 63.9% | 65.6% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 277 | – | – |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Duston Eldean Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)760 m
- St Luke's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)870 m
- Hopping Hill Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Quinton House SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1.4 km
- Millway Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), February 2024. 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.5 km
- Chiltern Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), February 2024. 49% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.6 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in West Northamptonshire
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).