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Barnwell Academy
Whitefield Estate, Penshaw, Houghton le Spring DH4 7RT
Barnwell Academy is an academy. It has 39 staff (about 30 FTEs), including 10 teachers (about 9 FTEs).
Particular strengths include Qualified teachers, Unfilled vacancies and Staff development. Relative weaknesses include Pupil:teacher ratio.
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Unfilled vacancies: Excellent. The proportion of unfilled or temporarily filled teaching positions is 0%, which is very low compared to other schools.
Qualified teachers: Excellent. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 100%, which is very high compared to other schools.
Staff development: Excellent. Reported staff development spend is £1000 per teacher per year, which is very high compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: About average. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.66, which is roughly average compared to other schools.
Pupil:teacher ratio: Poor. The number of pupils per teacher is about 28.3, which is very high compared to other schools.
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