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Alverton Primary School
Toltuff Crescent, Alverton, Penzance TR18 4QD
Alverton Primary School is an academy. It has 83 staff (about 44 FTEs), including 19 teachers (about 14 FTEs).
Particular strengths include Qualified teachers and Assistant:teacher ratio. Relative weaknesses include Unfilled vacancies and Staff development.
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Qualified teachers: Excellent. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 100%, which is very high compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Above average. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.93, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Staff development: Below average. Reported staff development spend is £405 per teacher per year, which is quite low compared to other schools.
Unfilled vacancies: Poor. The proportion of unfilled or temporarily filled teaching positions is 6.5%, which is very high compared to other schools.
Pupil:teacher ratio: There is no pupil:teacher ratio information for this school.
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