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Grovelands Community Primary School
Dunbar Drive, Hailsham BN27 3UW
Grovelands Community Primary School is a primary school maintained by the local authority (East Sussex). It has 99 staff (about 59 FTEs), including 34 teachers (about 29 FTEs).
Relative weaknesses include Staff development, Unfilled vacancies, Assistant:teacher ratio and Qualified teachers.
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Qualified teachers: Below average. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 97%, which is quite low compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Poor. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.61, 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.
Staff development: Poor. Reported staff development spend is £212 per teacher per year, 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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