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Holywell Primary School
Tolpits Lane, Watford WD18 6LL
Holywell Primary School is a primary school maintained by the local authority (Hertfordshire). It has 31 staff (about 25 FTEs), including 14 teachers (about 12 FTEs).
Particular strengths include Unfilled vacancies and Staff development. Relative weaknesses include Assistant:teacher ratio and Qualified teachers.
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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: Above average. Reported staff development spend is £669 per teacher per year, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Qualified teachers: Below average. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 98%, which is quite low compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Poor. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.58, 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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