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Kings Ford Academy
Gloucester Avenue, Shrub End, Colchester CO2 9AZ
Kings Ford Academy is an academy. It has 22 staff (about 18 FTEs), including 9 teachers (about 9 FTEs).
This school is a member of Inspires MAT. (Other schools in this trust include Cherry Tree Academy, Silver End Academy, Templars Academy and Witham Oaks Academy.)
Particular strengths include Unfilled vacancies and Assistant:teacher ratio. Relative weaknesses include Qualified teachers and 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.
Assistant:teacher ratio: About average. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.92, which is roughly average compared to other schools.
Staff development: Below average. Reported staff development spend is £429 per teacher per year, which is quite low compared to other schools.
Qualified teachers: Poor. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 87%, 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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