Report card · inspected Mar 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in West Northamptonshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 10 March 2026Report card · 8 Strong standard
- 22 June 2021Graded inspection: Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry562 applications · 262 places offered · 313 named it first
- 2026 2.2; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2025 2.0; West Northamptonshire median median 1.8
- 2024 1.9; West Northamptonshire median median 1.6
- 2023 2.0; West Northamptonshire median median 1.7
- 2022 1.9; West Northamptonshire median median 1.7
- 2021 1.8; West Northamptonshire median median 1.8
- 2020 1.7; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2019 1.7; West Northamptonshire median median 1.6
- 2018 1.9; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2017 2.3; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2016 2.5; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- 2015 2.1; West Northamptonshire median median 1.9
- 2014 1.7; West Northamptonshire median median 2.0
- This school
- West Northamptonshire median
Reception entry, September 2026: 2.3 per place (131 applications for 56 places).
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 262 | 562 | 2.2 | 313 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2025 | 268 | 523 | 2.0 | 293 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2024 | 272 | 520 | 1.9 | 262 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2023 | 266 | 528 | 2.0 | 308 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2022 | 264 | 496 | 1.9 | 292 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2021 | 264 | 485 | 1.8 | 285 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2020 | 266 | 450 | 1.7 | 240 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2019 | 262 | 457 | 1.7 | 237 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2018 | 238 | 441 | 1.9 | 227 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2017 | 238 | 546 | 2.3 | 291 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2016 | 237 | 601 | 2.5 | 283 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2015 | 231 | 484 | 2.1 | 245 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2014 | 236 | 402 | 1.7 | 217 | 0.92 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 277 | 46.0 | 44% | 64% | – |
| 2024/25 | 273 | 50.0 | 48% | 72% | – |
| 2023/24 | 263 | 48.4 | 53% | 76% | +0.14 |
| 2022/23 | 239 | 46.5 | 45% | 69% | +0.17 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- The Duston SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.2applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
- 3.9 km · West NorthamptonshireGraded · no overall grade20241.1applications per place 38.9Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · West NorthamptonshireRemains Good20232.0applications per place 44.4Attainment 8
- 4.9 km · West Northamptonshire20262.0applications per place 44.8Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · West Northamptonshire20261.4applications per place 44.6Attainment 8
- 5.4 km · West NorthamptonshireStandards maintained20251.6applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 5.5 km · West NorthamptonshireStandards maintained20258.9applications per place 54.7Attainment 8
- 5.9 km · West Northamptonshire20262.5applications per place 59.2Attainment 8
- 6.1 km · West NorthamptonshireGraded · no overall grade20254.5applications per place 59.0Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- All-through
- URN · DfE number
- 138214 · 941/4066
- Trust
- Luminara Education Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,830 pupils · 2,064 on roll
- Free school meals
- 16.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 June 2012
- Replaced
- The Duston School (URN 122074)
- Address
- Berrywood Road, Duston, Northampton, NN5 6XA
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources