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The Rydal Academy
Rydal Road, Darlington DL1 4BH
The Rydal Academy is an academy. It has 87 staff (about 65 FTEs), including 36 teachers (about 34 FTEs).
Particular strengths include Qualified teachers, Unfilled vacancies and Pupil:teacher ratio. Relative weaknesses include Staff development and 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.
Pupil:teacher ratio: Excellent. The number of pupils per teacher is about 17.3, which is very low compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Poor. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.61, which is very low compared to other schools.
Staff development: Poor. Reported staff development spend is £150 per teacher per year, which is very low compared to other schools.
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