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Cansfield High School
Old Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan WN4 9TP
Cansfield High School is a non-selective secondary school maintained by the local authority (Wigan). It has 100 staff (about 95 FTEs), including 63 teachers (about 61 FTEs).
Particular strengths include Qualified teachers, Unfilled vacancies and Staff development. Relative weaknesses include Assistant:teacher ratio and Pupil:teacher ratio.
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Qualified teachers: Excellent. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 100%, which is very high compared to other schools.
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 £846 per teacher per year, which is very high compared to other schools.
Pupil:teacher ratio: Below average. The number of pupils per teacher is about 17.2, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Poor. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.11, which is very low compared to other schools.
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