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Edgar Wood Academy
Heywood Old Road, Heywood OL10 2QN
Edgar Wood Academy is a non-selective free school. It has 51 staff (about 49 FTEs), including 28 teachers (about 28 FTEs). The present school opened in 2021.
This school is a member of Altus Education Partnership. (Kingsway Park High School is also a member.)
Particular strengths include Unfilled vacancies, Staff development, Qualified teachers and Assistant:teacher ratio.
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Distance
(miles)		 Score Name
1.1St Anne's Church of England Academy
1.3Newhouse Academy
1.6Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College
1.8Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School
1.9Unsworth Academy
2.0Our Lady's RC High School
2.0Parrenthorn High School
2.3Middleton Technology School
2.4Co-op Academy Manchester
2.9Hazel Wood High School
3.0The Heys School
3.0Matthew Moss High School
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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.
Staff development: Excellent. Reported staff development spend is £2020 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.
Assistant:teacher ratio: About average. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.23, which is roughly average compared to other schools.
Pupil:teacher ratio: There is no pupil:teacher ratio information for this school.
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