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Leigh Academy Bearsted
Popesfield Way, Weavering, Maidstone ME14 5GA
Leigh Academy Bearsted is a free school. It has 29 staff (about 25 FTEs), including 13 teachers (about 13 FTEs). The present school opened in 2020.
Particular strengths include Unfilled vacancies. Relative weaknesses include Staff development, 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.
Qualified teachers: Poor. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 97%, which is very low compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Poor. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.3, which is very low compared to other schools.
Staff development: Poor. Reported staff development spend is £49 per teacher per year, 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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