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Heathfield Primary School
The Broadway, Darlington DL1 1EJ
Heathfield Primary School is an academy. It has 50 staff (about 41 FTEs), including 19 teachers (about 18 FTEs).
This school is a member of Lingfield Education Trust. (Other schools in this trust include Northwood Primary School, Corporation Road Community Primary School, Hurworth Primary School, West Park Academy and Mount Pleasant Primary School.)
Particular strengths include Qualified teachers and Assistant:teacher ratio. Relative weaknesses include Unfilled vacancies and Staff development.
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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: About average. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.84, which is roughly average compared to other schools.
Staff development: Below average. Reported staff development spend is £339 per teacher per year, which is quite low compared to other schools.
Unfilled vacancies: Poor. The proportion of unfilled or temporarily filled teaching positions is 1.8%, 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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