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Highwood Copse Primary School
Highwood Copse Way, Newbury RG20 9BS
Highwood Copse Primary School is a free school. It has 22 staff (about 10 FTEs), including 11 teachers (about 5 FTEs). The present school opened in 2021.
This school is a member of The Thames Learning Trust. (Other schools in this trust include Ashford Hill Primary School, Battle Primary Academy and Phoenix Infant Academy.)
Particular strengths include Unfilled vacancies and Staff development. Relative weaknesses include Qualified teachers and Assistant:teacher ratio.
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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.
Staff development: Excellent. Reported staff development spend is £1022 per teacher per year, which is very high compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Below average. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.72, which is quite low compared to other schools.
Qualified teachers: Poor. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 97%, 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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