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Dunston Primary and Nursery Academy
Dunston Lane, Newbold, Chesterfield S41 8EY
Dunston Primary and Nursery Academy is an academy. It has 44 staff (about 33 FTEs), including 15 teachers (about 13 FTEs).
Particular strengths include Qualified teachers, Assistant:teacher ratio and Staff development. Relative weaknesses include Unfilled vacancies.
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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: Excellent. The number of assistants per teacher is about 1.13, which is very high compared to other schools.
Staff development: Above average. Reported staff development spend is £748 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 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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