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Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School, Penshaw
Station Road, Penshaw, Houghton le Spring DH4 7JZ
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School, Penshaw is a , Roman Catholic academy. It has 53 staff (about 33 FTEs), including 19 teachers (about 14 FTEs).
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: About average. Reported staff development spend is £564 per teacher per year, which is roughly average compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Below average. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.61, 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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