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Darrick Wood Infant & Nursery School
Lovibonds Avenue, Orpington BR6 8ER
Darrick Wood Infant & Nursery School is an academy. It has 52 staff (about 27 FTEs), including 12 teachers (about 10 FTEs).
This school is a member of Chancery Education Trust. (Other schools in this trust include Pickhurst Academy, Oaklands Primary Academy and John Wood School & Nursery.)
Particular strengths include Staff development and Assistant:teacher ratio. Relative weaknesses include Unfilled vacancies and Qualified teachers.
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Distance
(miles)
Score Name
0.0Darrick Wood Junior School
0.6Farnborough Primary School
0.7Tubbenden Primary School
1.2Holy Innocents Catholic Primary School
1.3Warren Road Primary School
1.4Trinity Church of England Primary School
1.4Crofton Junior School
1.4Crofton Infant School
1.5Keston Church of England Primary School
1.6Green Street Green Primary School
1.6St James' Roman Catholic Primary School
1.7Southborough Primary School
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Staff development: Above average. Reported staff development spend is £828 per teacher per year, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Above average. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.86, 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.
Unfilled vacancies: Poor. The proportion of unfilled or temporarily filled teaching positions is 5.1%, 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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