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Cansfield High School
Old Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan WN4 9TP
Cansfield High School is a non-selective secondary school maintained by the local authority (Wigan). It has 106 staff (about 102 FTEs), including 68 teachers (about 67 FTEs).
Particular strengths include Staff development and Qualified teachers. Relative weaknesses include Assistant:teacher ratio.
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Staff development: Excellent. Reported staff development spend is £893 per teacher per year, which is very high compared to other schools.
Qualified teachers: Above average. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 99%, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Unfilled vacancies: About average. The proportion of unfilled or temporarily filled teaching positions is 0.5%, which is roughly average compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Poor. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.08, 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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