The Duston School is a all-through school located in Northampton. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's management effectiveness good, overall effectiveness, quality of education and outcomes for pupils requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 17/10/2018. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5%, which is 1 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Berrywood Road, Northampton

School Information

Address: Berrywood Road, Northampton, NN5 6XA
Website: http://www.thedustonschool.org
Telephone: 01604460004
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: All-through
Local authority: West Northamptonshire
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Samuel Strickland
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 138214

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 17/10/2018

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1830
Number of Pupils: 1846
Number of Boys: 893
Number of Girls: 953

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5% 4%
Persistent absence: 11.3% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:
England Average:105

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Above Average: 0.28 Confidence interval 0.11 to 0.44
Of the 235 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 230 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:30%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:94%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:44%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:48.9
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.15
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Camrose Early Years Centre for Children & Families
Streatfield Road , NN5 7DE 		3out of 4 3,121 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Duston Eldean Primary School
Main Road , Duston NN5 6PP 		3out of 4 827 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
St Luke's Church of England Primary School
St Crispin Drive , Duston NN5 4UL 		3out of 4 949 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Hopping Hill Primary School
Pendle Road , Duston NN5 6DT 		3out of 4 1,157 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Millway Primary School
Millway , Duston NN5 6ES 		3out of 4 1,596 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Chiltern Primary School
Chiltern Way , Duston NN5 6BW 		2out of 4 1,769 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

All-through

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Duston School
Berrywood Road , Duston NN5 6XA 		2out of 4 0 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Quinton House School
Upton Hall , Upton NN5 4UX 		- not rated 1,580 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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