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Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports College
Melbourne Road, Blacon, Chester CH1 5JH
Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports College is a non-selective secondary school maintained by the local authority (Cheshire West and Chester). It has 125 staff (about 109 FTEs), including 62 teachers (about 59 FTEs).
Particular strengths include Unfilled vacancies, Pupil:teacher ratio, Assistant:teacher ratio and Qualified teachers. Relative weaknesses include Staff development.
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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 12.9, which is very low compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Excellent. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.41, which is very high compared to other schools.
Qualified teachers: Above average. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 100%, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Staff development: Poor. Reported staff development spend is £1 per teacher per year, which is very low compared to other schools.
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