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Thornton Primary School
Thornton Road, Ward End, Birmingham B8 2LQ
Thornton Primary School is a primary school maintained by the local authority (Birmingham). It has 77 staff (about 54 FTEs), including 27 teachers (about 25 FTEs).
Particular strengths include Unfilled vacancies and Staff development. Relative weaknesses include 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.
Staff development: Above average. Reported staff development spend is £355 per teacher per year, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Pupil:teacher ratio: About average. The number of pupils per teacher is about 21, which is roughly average compared to other schools.
Qualified teachers: Poor. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 96%, which is very low compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Poor. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.56, which is very low compared to other schools.
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