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Parkside Academy
Greengate Street, BARROW-in-FURNESS LA13 9BY
Parkside Academy is an academy. It has 59 staff (about 38 FTEs), including 13 teachers (about 11 FTEs).
This school is a member of Furness Education Trust. (Other schools in this trust include Victoria Academy, Yarlside Academy, Newton Village Academy and Lindal and Marton Primary School.)
Particular strengths include Unfilled vacancies, Staff development and Assistant:teacher ratio. Relative weaknesses include 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.
Staff development: Excellent. Reported staff development spend is £2432 per teacher per year, which is very high compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Excellent. The number of assistants per teacher is about 1.23, which is very high compared to other schools.
Qualified teachers: Below average. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 98%, 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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