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The Dorcan Academy
St Paul's Drive, Covingham, Swindon SN3 5DA
The Dorcan Academy is a non-selective academy. It has 124 staff (about 89 FTEs), including 53 teachers (about 51 FTEs).
Particular strengths include Unfilled vacancies and Assistant:teacher ratio. Relative weaknesses include Staff development and Qualified teachers.
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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.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Above average. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.25, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Qualified teachers: Poor. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 92%, which is very low compared to other schools.
Staff development: Poor. Reported staff development spend is £101 per teacher per year, 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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