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Birchwood High School
Parsonage Lane, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BD
Birchwood High School is a non-selective academy. It has 155 staff (about 134 FTEs), including 93 teachers (about 83 FTEs).
Particular strengths include Unfilled vacancies and Staff development. Relative weaknesses include Assistant:teacher ratio.
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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: Excellent. Reported staff development spend is £608 per teacher per year, which is very high compared to other schools.
Qualified teachers: About average. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 98%, which is roughly average compared to other schools.
Pupil:teacher ratio: About average. The number of pupils per teacher is about 17, which is roughly average compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Poor. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.11, which is very low compared to other schools.
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