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Great Western Academy
William Morris Way, Tadpole Garden Village, Swindon SN25 2PP
Great Western Academy is a non-selective free school. It has 128 staff (about 99 FTEs), including 75 teachers (about 68 FTEs).
Relative weaknesses include Unfilled vacancies, Assistant:teacher ratio and Qualified teachers.
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Staff development: About average. Reported staff development spend is £306 per teacher per year, which is roughly average compared to other schools.
Qualified teachers: Below average. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 96%, which is quite low compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Below average. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.16, which is quite low compared to other schools.
Unfilled vacancies: Poor. The proportion of unfilled or temporarily filled teaching positions is 2.1%, which is very high compared to other schools.
Pupil:teacher ratio: There is no pupil:teacher ratio information for this school.
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