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Helsby High School
Chester Road, Helsby, Frodsham WA6 0HY
Helsby High School is a non-selective secondary school maintained by the local authority (Cheshire West and Chester). It has 190 staff (about 134 FTEs), including 91 teachers (about 85 FTEs).
Particular strengths include Qualified teachers. Relative weaknesses include Staff development and Assistant:teacher ratio.
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Qualified teachers: Excellent. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 100%, which is very high compared to other schools.
Unfilled vacancies: About average. The proportion of unfilled or temporarily filled teaching positions is 1.2%, which is roughly average compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Poor. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.12, which is very low 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.
Pupil:teacher ratio: There is no pupil:teacher ratio information for this school.
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