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The Halifax Academy
Gibbet Street, Halifax HX2 0BA
The Halifax Academy is an academy. It has 182 staff (about 155 FTEs), including 90 teachers (about 87 FTEs). (See here for details of the secondary school.)
This school is a member of Impact Education Multi Academy Trust. (Other schools in this trust include Warley Road Primary Academy, Lee Mount Academy, Newsome Junior Academy, Berry Brow Infant and Nursery Academy and Old Bank Academy.)
Particular strengths include Staff development. Relative weaknesses include Assistant:teacher ratio, Unfilled vacancies and Qualified teachers.
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Distance
(miles)		 Score Name
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0.9Bolton Brow Primary Academy
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1.0Warley Town School
1.0Beech Hill School
1.0Savile Park Primary School
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Staff development: Above average. Reported staff development spend is £642 per teacher per year, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Qualified teachers: Below average. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 96%, which is quite low compared to other schools.
Unfilled vacancies: Below average. The proportion of unfilled or temporarily filled teaching positions is 0.4%, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Poor. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.31, 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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