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Highgate Wood Secondary School
Montenotte Road, London N8 8RN
Highgate Wood Secondary School is a non-selective secondary school maintained by the local authority (Haringey). It has 147 staff (about 142 FTEs), including 96 teachers (about 94 FTEs).
Particular strengths include Staff development. Relative weaknesses include Unfilled vacancies, Assistant:teacher ratio, Pupil:teacher ratio and Qualified teachers.
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Staff development: Above average. Reported staff development spend is £379 per teacher per year, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Qualified teachers: Below average. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 96%, which is quite low compared to other schools.
Pupil:teacher ratio: Poor. The number of pupils per teacher is about 18.2, which is very high compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Poor. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.11, which is very low compared to other schools.
Unfilled vacancies: Poor. The proportion of unfilled or temporarily filled teaching positions is 4.7%, which is very high compared to other schools.
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