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Newtown Primary School
Newtown Road, Carlisle CA2 7LW
Newtown Primary School is an academy. It has 18 staff (about 13 FTEs), including 7 teachers (about 6 FTEs). The present school opened in 2020.
This school is a member of Cumbria Education Trust. (Other schools in this trust include Caldew Lea School, Yewdale School, Petteril Bank School, Longtown Primary School and Castle Carrock School.)
Particular strengths include Unfilled vacancies, Qualified teachers and Staff development. Relative weaknesses include 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.
Qualified teachers: Excellent. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 100%, which is very high compared to other schools.
Staff development: Excellent. Reported staff development spend is £1126 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 0.81, which is quite low compared to other schools.
Pupil:teacher ratio: There is no pupil:teacher ratio information for this school.
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