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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 162 staff (about 147 FTEs), including 96 teachers (about 93 FTEs).
Particular strengths include Qualified teachers and Staff development. Relative weaknesses include Assistant:teacher ratio and Unfilled vacancies.
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Qualified teachers: Excellent. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 100%, which is very high compared to other schools.
Staff development: About average. Reported staff development spend is £326 per teacher per year, which is roughly average compared to other schools.
Unfilled vacancies: Below average. The proportion of unfilled or temporarily filled teaching positions is 1.5%, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Below average. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.14, which is quite low compared to other schools.
Pupil:teacher ratio: There is no pupil:teacher ratio information for this school.
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