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Highfield Academy
Fordfield Road, Ford Estate, Sunderland SR4 0DA
Highfield Academy is an academy. It has 59 staff (about 50 FTEs), including 20 teachers (about 19 FTEs). The present school opened in 2018.
This school is a member of Iris Learning Trust. (Other schools in this trust include Valley Road Academy and Teesville Academy.)
Particular strengths include Qualified teachers, Unfilled vacancies, Pupil:teacher ratio and Assistant:teacher ratio. Relative weaknesses include Staff development.
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Unfilled vacancies: Excellent. The proportion of unfilled or temporarily filled teaching positions is 0%, which is very low compared to other schools.
Qualified teachers: Excellent. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 100%, which is very high compared to other schools.
Pupil:teacher ratio: Above average. The number of pupils per teacher is about 17.9, which is quite low compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Above average. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.89, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Staff development: Below average. Reported staff development spend is £360 per teacher per year, which is quite low compared to other schools.
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