Previously it was a foundation school administered by Northamptonshire County Council.

The Duston School offers GCSEs and vocational courses as programmes of study for pupils, while sixth form students can choose to study from range of A Levels and other vocational courses.

In June 2016, The Daily Mirror reported that the majority of students at The Duston School who were studying A-Level ICT in Year 12 were taught the wrong curriculum in the subject and received U-grades for their work.

Duston School Executive Principal Jane Herriman left her post in the week before the story was reported.

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