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Shortstown Primary School
Beauvais Square, Shortstown, Bedford MK42 0GS
Shortstown Primary School is an academy. It has 67 staff (about 51 FTEs), including 19 teachers (about 18 FTEs).
This school is a member of Heart Academies Trust. (Other schools in this trust include Shackleton Primary School and Cauldwell School.)
Particular strengths include Unfilled vacancies, Staff development and Assistant:teacher ratio. Relative weaknesses include Qualified teachers and Pupil:teacher ratio.
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Distance
(miles)
Score Name
0.8Elstow School
1.2Cotton End Forest School
1.2King's Oak Primary School
1.6Shackleton Primary School
1.9Lakeview School
2.0Sheerhatch Primary School
2.2Goldington Green Academy
2.2Castle Newnham School
2.2Cauldwell School
2.2Wilstead Primary School
2.2Wixams Tree Primary School
2.4Camestone 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.
Staff development: Excellent. Reported staff development spend is £1312 per teacher per year, which is very high compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Excellent. The number of assistants per teacher is about 1.02, which is very high compared to other schools.
Pupil:teacher ratio: Poor. The number of pupils per teacher is about 25.4, which is very high compared to other schools.
Qualified teachers: Poor. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 82%, which is very low compared to other schools.
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