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King's Ford Infant School and Nursery
Gloucester Avenue, Shrub End, Colchester CO2 9AZ
King's Ford Infant School and Nursery is a primary school maintained by the local authority (Essex). It has 39 staff (about 26 FTEs), including 11 teachers (about 8 FTEs).
Particular strengths include Unfilled vacancies, Qualified teachers, Assistant:teacher ratio and Staff development.
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Distance
(miles)
Score Name
0.0Kings Ford Academy
0.5Gosbecks Primary School
0.5Montgomery Junior School, Colchester
0.5Montgomery Infant School and Nursery, Colchester
0.6St Michael's Primary School and Nursery, Colchester
0.6Prettygate Junior School
0.6Prettygate Infant School
0.8Hamilton Primary School
1.2Monkwick Infant and Nursery School
1.2Monkwick Junior School
1.3St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Colchester
1.3Home Farm Primary School
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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.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Excellent. The number of assistants per teacher is about 1.03, which is very high compared to other schools.
Staff development: Above average. Reported staff development spend is £774 per teacher per year, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Pupil:teacher ratio: There is no pupil:teacher ratio information for this school.
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