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Furness Academy
Park Drive, Barrow-in-Furness LA13 9BB
Furness Academy is a non-selective academy. It has 182 staff (about 152 FTEs), including 71 teachers (about 70 FTEs).
Particular strengths include Qualified teachers, Unfilled vacancies and Assistant:teacher ratio. Relative weaknesses include Staff development.
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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.
Qualified teachers: Excellent. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 100%, which is very high compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Excellent. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.51, which is very high compared to other schools.
Pupil:teacher ratio: About average. The number of pupils per teacher is about 17.1, which is roughly average compared to other schools.
Staff development: Poor. Reported staff development spend is £0 per teacher per year, which is very low compared to other schools.
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