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City Academy
23 Langley Walk, Birmingham B15 2EF
City Academy is a non-selective free school. It has 54 staff (about 53 FTEs), including 41 teachers (about 40 FTEs). The present school opened in 2020.
This school is a member of CORE Education Trust. (Other schools in this trust include Jewellery Quarter Academy, Rockwood Academy and Arena Academy.)
Particular strengths include Staff development and Qualified teachers. Relative weaknesses include Assistant:teacher ratio and Unfilled vacancies.
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Staff development: Excellent. Reported staff development spend is £1086 per teacher per year, which is very high compared to other schools.
Qualified teachers: Above average. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 97%, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Unfilled vacancies: Below average. The proportion of unfilled or temporarily filled teaching positions is 12.7%, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Poor. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.06, 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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