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The Rushmere Park Academy
East Street, Leighton Buzzard LU7 1EW
The Rushmere Park Academy is an academy. It has 36 staff (about 28 FTEs), including 9 teachers (about 9 FTEs).
This school is a member of Advantage Schools. (Other schools in this trust include The Vale Academy, The Linden Academy, Elstow School, Queen's Park Academy and Laburnum Primary School.)
Particular strengths include Staff development and Assistant:teacher ratio. Relative weaknesses include Qualified teachers and Unfilled vacancies.
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Staff development: Above average. Reported staff development spend is £787 per teacher per year, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Above average. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.89, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Unfilled vacancies: Poor. The proportion of unfilled or temporarily filled teaching positions is 20.8%, which is very high compared to other schools.
Qualified teachers: Poor. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 76%, 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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