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Oldway Primary School
Higher Polsham Road, Paignton TQ3 2SY
Oldway Primary School is an academy. It has 123 staff (about 82 FTEs), including 36 teachers (about 29 FTEs).
This school is a member of Riviera Education Trust. (Other schools in this trust include Roselands Primary School and Shiphay Learning Academy.)
Particular strengths include Qualified teachers and Assistant:teacher ratio. Relative weaknesses include Unfilled vacancies and Staff development.
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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 1.06, which is very high compared to other schools.
Staff development: Below average. Reported staff development spend is £436 per teacher per year, which is quite low compared to other schools.
Unfilled vacancies: Poor. The proportion of unfilled or temporarily filled teaching positions is 1.1%, which is very high compared to other schools.
Pupil:teacher ratio: There is no pupil:teacher ratio information for this school.
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