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Gillas Lane Primary Academy
Seaton Avenue, Houghton le Spring DH5 8EH
Gillas Lane Primary Academy is an academy. It has 20 staff (about 15 FTEs), including 10 teachers (about 9 FTEs).
This school is a member of Aim High Academy Trust. (Other schools in this trust include Newbottle Primary Academy and Dubmire Primary.)
Particular strengths include Qualified teachers, Unfilled vacancies, Pupil:teacher ratio and Staff development. Relative weaknesses include Assistant:teacher ratio.
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Distance
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Score Name
0.4Bernard Gilpin Primary School
0.7St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Houghton
0.7Eppleton Academy Primary School
0.9Burnside Academy Inspires
1.2Newbottle Primary Academy
1.5East Rainton Primary School
1.6Hetton Primary School
1.7Hetton Lyons Primary School
1.7Dubmire Primary
2.1Benedict Biscop Church of England Academy
2.3East Herrington Primary Academy
2.3Shiney Row Primary School
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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.
Pupil:teacher ratio: Excellent. The number of pupils per teacher is about 13.4, which is very low compared to other schools.
Staff development: Above average. Reported staff development spend is £568 per teacher per year, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Poor. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.34, which is very low compared to other schools.
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