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Helena Romanes School
Parsonage Downs, Great Dunmow CM6 2AU
Helena Romanes School is a non-selective academy. It has 136 staff (about 116 FTEs), including 83 teachers (about 76 FTEs). (See here for details of the primary school.)
This school is a member of Saffron Academy Trust. (Other schools in this trust include Alec Hunter Academy, Saffron Walden County High School and The Honywood Community Science School.)
Particular strengths include Staff development. Relative weaknesses include Assistant:teacher ratio, Unfilled vacancies and Qualified teachers.
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Staff development: Above average. Reported staff development spend is £584 per teacher per year, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Qualified teachers: Below average. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 97%, which is quite low compared to other schools.
Unfilled vacancies: Below average. The proportion of unfilled or temporarily filled teaching positions is 1.3%, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Poor. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.1, 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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