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Orchard Head Junior and Infant and Nursery School
Orchard Head Lane, Pontefract WF8 2NJ
Orchard Head Junior and Infant and Nursery School is an academy. It has 33 staff (about 23 FTEs), including 11 teachers (about 10 FTEs).
Particular strengths include Unfilled vacancies. Relative weaknesses include Assistant:teacher ratio, 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.
Staff development: Below average. Reported staff development spend is £384 per teacher per year, which is quite low compared to other schools.
Qualified teachers: Below average. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 98%, which is quite low compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Poor. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.43, 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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