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The Forest School
Comptons Lane, Horsham RH13 5NT
The Forest School is a non-selective secondary school maintained by the local authority (West Sussex). It has 135 staff (about 95 FTEs), including 58 teachers (about 55 FTEs).
Particular strengths include Unfilled vacancies, Staff development and Qualified teachers. Relative weaknesses include Pupil:teacher ratio and 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.
Staff development: Above average. Reported staff development spend is £517 per teacher per year, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Qualified teachers: About average. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 98%, which is roughly average compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Below average. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.19, which is quite low compared to other schools.
Pupil:teacher ratio: Poor. The number of pupils per teacher is about 18.5, which is very high compared to other schools.
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