The Duston School
Academy converter all-through school in Northampton (West Northamptonshire).
Location
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The school mantra, Knowledge itself is power, which sits at the core of my own educational philosophy and influences all that we do as a school. My favourite subject is IT, I love using the surfaces! I really like maths in fact I love everything we do! We go on lots of trips. I especially loved going to Woburn Safari Park.
We learnt about Space in Year 1 and I remember going into the planetarium when it came to school, that was really fun. We are learning about Vikings at the moment and I have really enjoyed making our Anglo Saxon villages and our dragon eye artwork. Our teachers are great at really bringing our topics to life. I love coming to this school because it's the best!
I love coming to school because it's fantastic! I love PE but English is also my favourite subject because I love writing. This year I have really enjoyed writing a non-chronological report about volcanoes. Maths has been interesting as we have been adding and subtracting using the column method which i really like.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
7 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Creative Writing
- Drama
- Football
- Netball
- Orchestra
- Swimming
- Young Enterprise
Awards
5 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Anti-Bullying CharterRecognised award
- Inclusion Quality MarkInclusion
- Investors in PeopleStaff development
- Music MarkMusic
- Sing UpRecognised award
Key facts
- URN
- 138214
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- 4 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Northampton South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2012
Governing body (18 current, 5 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.22 governors are linked to a profile (all confirmed).
Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Zeb Shahin Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Hannah Caswell Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Ms Maxine Ward Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Robert Morley-Smith Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Ash Mudaliar Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Duncan Mills Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Matthew Golby Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Any additional members appointed by the members of the academy trust | since 2025 |
| Mr Tyrone Edwards Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Adam Crawte Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2025 |
| Ms Monica Pruthi Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2024 |
| Mrs Vikki Lupton Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Claudia Wade Confirmed same person | Chair of TrusteesTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Matthew Downing Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Andrew Mumford Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Catherine Margaret Kitchen Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2022 |
| Mr Samuel Strickland Confirmed same person | Accounting OfficerTrust officer | since 2017 | |
| Mrs Sue Connor | Chief Financial OfficerTrust officer | since 2015 | |
| Mr Joseph McCann Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Original (signatory) members | since 2014 |
| Ms Mara Frost Confirmed same person Former | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2025 · term ended 2025 |
| Mr Richard Helson Confirmed same person Former | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2024 · term ended 2025 |
| Mrs Pippa Gilbert Confirmed same person Former | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · term ended 2025 |
| Mr Nik Patel Confirmed same person Former | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Tim Marston Confirmed same person Former | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 1 November 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record