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Polam Hall School
Grange Road, Darlington DL1 5PA
Polam Hall School is a free school. It has 123 staff (about 88 FTEs), including 50 teachers (about 38 FTEs). (See here for details of the secondary school.)
This school is a member of Woodard Academies Trust. (Kings Priory School is also a member.)
Particular strengths include Unfilled vacancies and Pupil:teacher ratio. Relative weaknesses include Staff development, Assistant:teacher ratio and Qualified teachers.
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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.
Pupil:teacher ratio: Excellent. The number of pupils per teacher is about 16.5, which is very low compared to other schools.
Qualified teachers: Below average. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 99%, which is quite low compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Poor. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.5, which is very low compared to other schools.
Staff development: Poor. Reported staff development spend is £23 per teacher per year, which is very low compared to other schools.
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