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St Laurence Church Junior School
Bunbury Road, Northfield, Birmingham B31 2DJ
St Laurence Church Junior School is a , Church of England primary school maintained by the local authority (Birmingham). It has 55 staff (about 31 FTEs), including 20 teachers (about 18 FTEs).
Particular strengths include Staff development. Relative weaknesses include Assistant:teacher ratio, Unfilled vacancies and Qualified teachers.
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Staff development: About average. Reported staff development spend is £567 per teacher per year, which is roughly average compared to other schools.
Qualified teachers: Below average. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 98%, which is quite low compared to other schools.
Unfilled vacancies: Poor. The proportion of unfilled or temporarily filled teaching positions is 1.9%, which is very high compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Poor. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.25, 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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