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Ark Kings Academy
Shannon Road, Kings Norton, Birmingham B38 9DE
Ark Kings Academy is an academy. It has 121 staff (about 93 FTEs), including 44 teachers (about 44 FTEs). (See here for details of the secondary school.)
This school is a member of Ark Schools. (Other schools in this trust include Ark Tindal Primary Academy, Ark Victoria Academy, Ark Academy, Ark Priory Primary Academy and Ark Byron Primary Academy.)
Particular strengths include Staff development. Relative weaknesses include Assistant:teacher ratio, Qualified teachers and Unfilled vacancies.
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Staff development: Above average. Reported staff development spend is £722 per teacher per year, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Unfilled vacancies: Poor. The proportion of unfilled or temporarily filled teaching positions is 0.7%, which is very high compared to other schools.
Qualified teachers: Poor. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 93%, which is very low compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Poor. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.16, which is very low compared to other schools.
Pupil:teacher ratio: There is no pupil:teacher ratio information for this school.
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