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Forest Hill School
Dacres Road, Forest Hill, London SE23 2XN
Forest Hill School is a non-selective secondary school maintained by the local authority (Lewisham). It has 124 staff (about 96 FTEs), including 63 teachers (about 61 FTEs).
Particular strengths include Staff development. Relative weaknesses include Qualified teachers, Unfilled vacancies and Assistant:teacher ratio.
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Staff development: Above average. Reported staff development spend is £483 per teacher per year, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Below average. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.15, which is quite low compared to other schools.
Unfilled vacancies: Poor. The proportion of unfilled or temporarily filled teaching positions is 2.6%, which is very high compared to other schools.
Qualified teachers: Poor. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 90%, 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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