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The Duston School
Berrywood Road, Duston, Northampton NN5 6XA
The Duston School is a non-selective academy. It has 183 staff (about 167 FTEs), including 114 teachers (about 108 FTEs). (See here for details of the primary school.)
Particular strengths include Staff development. Relative weaknesses include Unfilled vacancies, Assistant:teacher ratio and Pupil:teacher ratio.
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Staff development: Above average. Reported staff development spend is £413 per teacher per year, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Qualified teachers: About average. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 98%, which is roughly average compared to other schools.
Pupil:teacher ratio: Below average. The number of pupils per teacher is about 17.2, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Below average. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.18, which is quite low compared to other schools.
Unfilled vacancies: Below average. The proportion of unfilled or temporarily filled teaching positions is 0.9%, which is quite high compared to other schools.
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