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Didsbury High School
4 The Avenue, Didsbury, Manchester M20 2ET
Didsbury High School is a non-selective free school. It has 145 staff (about 137 FTEs), including 90 teachers (about 86 FTEs).
This school is a member of The Laurus Trust. (Other schools in this trust include Priestnall School, Laurus Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle Hulme High School, Hazel Grove High School and Laurus Ryecroft.)
Particular strengths include Unfilled vacancies, Qualified teachers and Assistant:teacher ratio. Relative weaknesses include Staff development.
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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 0.29, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Staff development: Below average. Reported staff development spend is £249 per teacher per year, which is quite low compared to other schools.
Pupil:teacher ratio: There is no pupil:teacher ratio information for this school.
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