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Valley Primary School and Nursery
Whinlatter Road, Whitehaven CA28 8DA
Valley Primary School and Nursery is a primary school maintained by the local authority (Cumberland). It has 48 staff (about 30 FTEs), including 14 teachers (about 14 FTEs).
Particular strengths include Qualified teachers, Unfilled vacancies, Pupil:teacher ratio and Staff development. Relative weaknesses include Assistant: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.
Pupil:teacher ratio: Excellent. The number of pupils per teacher is about 17.8, which is very low compared to other schools.
Staff development: Above average. Reported staff development spend is £624 per teacher per year, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Below average. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.62, which is quite low compared to other schools.
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