The Duston School

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About this school

  • Ages 4–18
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Faith: None
  • Admissions: Non-selective
  • Pupils: 2064
  • Capacity: 1830
  • Has a sixth form

Ofsted history

Inspected Outcome
Mar 2026
  • Achievement: Strong standard
  • Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
  • Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard
  • Early years: Strong standard
  • Inclusion: Strong standard
  • Leadership and governance: Strong standard
  • Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard
  • Post 16 provision: Strong standard
  • Safeguarding standards: Met
Jun 2021 Good
  • Behaviour and attitudes: Good
  • Early years: Good
  • Leadership and management: Good
  • Personal development: Good
  • Quality of education: Good
  • Safeguarding effective: Yes
  • Sixth form provision: Good

Key stage 2 results

Meeting expected standard (RWM): 72.0 (2024) top 40% nationally

Year Meeting expected standard (RWM) Reaching higher standard (RWM) Average reading score Average maths score
2024 72.0 (top 40% nationally) 7.0 107.0 105.0
2023 70.0 (top 40% nationally) 3.0 107.0 105.0
2020 no school-level results published (COVID)
2019 no school-level results published (COVID)

GCSE results (KS4)

Attainment 8: 48.4 (2023) top 40% nationally

Year Progress 8 Attainment 8 Grade 5+ Eng & Maths EBacc entry EBacc APS
2023 0.1 (top 40% nationally) 48.4 (top 40% nationally) 52.9 (top 40% nationally) 65.0 4.5 (top 40% nationally)
2020 no school-level results published (COVID)
2019 no school-level results published (COVID)

A-level results (KS5)

Average points/entry: 33.6 (2023)

Year Average points/entry Best 3 average points
2023 33.6 34.3
2020 no school-level results published (COVID)
2019 no school-level results published (COVID)

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Median sold price within 1km: £275,000 (149 sales, last 12 months)

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