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Valley Park Community School
Norton Avenue, Sheffield S14 1SL
Valley Park Community School is an academy. It has 84 staff (about 59 FTEs), including 28 teachers (about 26 FTEs). The present school opened in 2015.
This school is a member of Mercia Learning Trust. (Other schools in this trust include Nether Edge Primary School and Totley Primary School.)
Particular strengths include Staff development, Assistant:teacher ratio and Pupil:teacher ratio. Relative weaknesses include Unfilled vacancies and Qualified teachers.
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Distance
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Score Name
0.6Charnock Hall Primary Academy
0.9Gleadless Primary School
1.0Norton Free Church of England Primary School
1.1Bankwood Community Primary School
1.3Intake Primary School
1.3Birley Primary Academy
1.3Arbourthorne Community Primary School
1.4Prince Edward Primary School
1.5Mundella Primary School
1.6Carfield Primary School
1.6Norfolk Community Primary School
1.6St Theresa's Catholic Primary School
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Staff development: Excellent. Reported staff development spend is £1176 per teacher per year, which is very high compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Excellent. The number of assistants per teacher is about 1.2, which is very high compared to other schools.
Pupil:teacher ratio: About average. The number of pupils per teacher is about 21.4, which is roughly average compared to other schools.
Qualified teachers: Poor. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 85%, which is very low compared to other schools.
Unfilled vacancies: Poor. The proportion of unfilled or temporarily filled teaching positions is 6.2%, which is very high compared to other schools.
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