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Fir Vale School
Owler Lane, Sheffield S4 8GB
Fir Vale School is a non-selective academy. It has 111 staff (about 101 FTEs), including 67 teachers (about 62 FTEs).
Particular strengths include Unfilled vacancies, Staff development and Assistant:teacher ratio. Relative weaknesses include 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.
Staff development: Excellent. Reported staff development spend is £752 per teacher per year, which is very high compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Above average. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.28, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Qualified teachers: Poor. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 93%, 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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