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City of London Academy, Highgate Hill
Holland Walk, Duncombe Road, Archway, London N19 3EU
City of London Academy, Highgate Hill is a non-selective free school. It has 72 staff (about 70 FTEs), including 44 teachers (about 43 FTEs).
Particular strengths include Staff development. Relative weaknesses include Unfilled vacancies, Assistant:teacher ratio and Qualified teachers.
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Staff development: Excellent. Reported staff development spend is £679 per teacher per year, which is very high compared to other schools.
Qualified teachers: Below average. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 97%, which is quite low compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Below average. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.13, which is quite low compared to other schools.
Unfilled vacancies: Poor. The proportion of unfilled or temporarily filled teaching positions is 4.1%, which is very high compared to other schools.
Pupil:teacher ratio: There is no pupil:teacher ratio information for this school.
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