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Ark Oval Primary Academy
98 Cherry Orchard Road, Croydon CR0 6BA
Ark Oval Primary Academy is an academy. It has 87 staff (about 56 FTEs), including 28 teachers (about 27 FTEs).
Relative weaknesses include Assistant:teacher ratio, Unfilled vacancies and Qualified teachers.
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Staff development: About average. Reported staff development spend is £500 per teacher per year, which is roughly average compared to other schools.
Qualified teachers: Poor. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 95%, which is very low compared to other schools.
Unfilled vacancies: Poor. The proportion of unfilled or temporarily filled teaching positions is 1.1%, which is very high compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Poor. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.53, 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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