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Ark Victoria Academy
Talbot Way, Small Heath, Birmingham B10 0HJ
Ark Victoria Academy is a free school. It has 213 staff (about 159 FTEs), including 88 teachers (about 87 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 Kings Academy, Ark Academy, Ark Priory Primary Academy and Ark Byron Primary Academy.)
Particular strengths include Staff development. Relative weaknesses include Unfilled vacancies, Assistant:teacher ratio and Qualified teachers.
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Staff development: Above average. Reported staff development spend is £744 per teacher per year, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Qualified teachers: Poor. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 95%, which is very low compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Poor. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.28, which is very low compared to other schools.
Unfilled vacancies: Poor. The proportion of unfilled or temporarily filled teaching positions is 1.7%, 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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