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The Rydal Academy
Rydal Road, Darlington DL1 4BH
The Rydal Academy is an academy. It has 89 staff (about 68 FTEs), including 36 teachers (about 34 FTEs).
This school is a member of Northern Arch Learning Partnership. (Other schools in this trust include Mowden Infant School and Mowden Junior School.)
Particular strengths include Unfilled vacancies. Relative weaknesses include Staff development, Assistant:teacher ratio and 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.
Qualified teachers: Below average. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 99%, which is quite low compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Poor. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.57, which is very low compared to other schools.
Staff development: Poor. Reported staff development spend is £237 per teacher per year, 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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