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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Castleford
Pontefract Road, Castleford WF10 4JB
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Castleford is a , Roman Catholic academy. It has 33 staff (about 18 FTEs), including 10 teachers (about 9 FTEs).
Particular strengths include Qualified teachers and Staff development. Relative weaknesses include Unfilled vacancies and Assistant:teacher ratio.
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Qualified teachers: Excellent. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 100%, which is very high compared to other schools.
Staff development: Above average. Reported staff development spend is £622 per teacher per year, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Below average. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.89, which is quite low compared to other schools.
Unfilled vacancies: Poor. The proportion of unfilled or temporarily filled teaching positions is 8.6%, which is very high compared to other schools.
Pupil:teacher ratio: There is no pupil:teacher ratio information for this school.
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