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West Park Academy
Alderman Leach Drive, Darlington DL2 2GF
West Park Academy is an academy. It has 64 staff (about 47 FTEs), including 24 teachers (about 20 FTEs).
Particular strengths include Unfilled vacancies, Assistant:teacher ratio and Staff development. Relative weaknesses include Qualified teachers and 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.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Excellent. The number of assistants per teacher is about 1.03, which is very high compared to other schools.
Staff development: Above average. Reported staff development spend is £591 per teacher per year, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Pupil:teacher ratio: Poor. The number of pupils per teacher is about 23.2, which is very high compared to other schools.
Qualified teachers: Poor. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 95%, which is very low compared to other schools.
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