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Samuel Ryder Academy
Drakes Drive, St Albans AL1 5AR
Samuel Ryder Academy is an academy. It has 167 staff (about 140 FTEs), including 93 teachers (about 86 FTEs). (See here for details of the secondary school.)
This school is a member of Scholars' Education Trust. (Other schools in this trust include Harpenden Academy, Priory Academy and Buntingford First School.)
Particular strengths include Unfilled vacancies and Pupil:teacher ratio. Relative weaknesses include Assistant:teacher ratio, Qualified teachers and Staff development.
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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.
Pupil:teacher ratio: Excellent. The number of pupils per teacher is about 17.7, which is very low compared to other schools.
Staff development: Below average. Reported staff development spend is £539 per teacher per year, which is quite 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 0.28, which is very low compared to other schools.
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