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West Park Academy
Alderman Leach Drive, Darlington DL2 2GF
West Park Academy is an academy. It has 76 staff (about 51 FTEs), including 25 teachers (about 21 FTEs).
This school is a member of Lingfield Education Trust. (Other schools in this trust include Mount Pleasant Primary School, Corporation Road Community Primary School, Northwood Primary School, Heathfield Primary School and Hurworth Primary School.)
Particular strengths include Unfilled vacancies and Assistant:teacher ratio. Relative weaknesses include Qualified teachers.
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(miles)		 Score Name
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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.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Above average. The number of assistants per teacher is about 1.03, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Staff development: About average. Reported staff development spend is £468 per teacher per year, which is roughly average compared to other schools.
Qualified teachers: Below average. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 99%, which is quite low compared to other schools.
Pupil:teacher ratio: There is no pupil:teacher ratio information for this school.
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