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Wilstead Primary School
Cotton End Road, Wilstead, Bedford MK45 3BX
Wilstead Primary School is a primary school maintained by the local authority (Bedford). It has 38 staff (about 22 FTEs), including 12 teachers (about 9 FTEs).
This school is a member of The Vale of Marston Schools' Trust. (Shelton Lower School is also a member.)
Particular strengths include Unfilled vacancies, Qualified teachers and Assistant:teacher ratio. Relative weaknesses include Staff development.
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Distance
(miles)
Score Name
0.9Lakeview School
1.0Wixams Tree Primary Academy
1.6Cotton End Forest School
1.7Houghton Conquest Lower School
2.2Shortstown Primary School
2.3Haynes Lower School
2.4Elstow School
2.8Broadmead Lower School
2.9Springfield Primary School
3.0King's Oak Primary School
3.0Shackleton Primary School
3.0Camestone School
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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.
Qualified teachers: Excellent. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 100%, which is very high compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Above average. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.99, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Staff development: Poor. Reported staff development spend is £262 per teacher per year, 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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