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Houstone School
Parkside Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 5PX
Houstone School is a non-selective free school. It has 57 staff (about 49 FTEs), including 32 teachers (about 31 FTEs). The present school opened in 2022.
This school is a member of Advantage Schools. (Other schools in this trust include The Chalk Hills Academy, The Stockwood Park Academy and Bedford Free School.)
Particular strengths include Unfilled vacancies, Staff development and Qualified teachers. Relative weaknesses include Assistant:teacher ratio.
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Unfilled vacancies: Excellent. The proportion of unfilled or temporarily filled teaching positions is 0%, which is very low compared to other schools.
Staff development: Excellent. Reported staff development spend is £724 per teacher per year, which is very high compared to other schools.
Qualified teachers: About average. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 97%, which is roughly average compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Below average. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.17, 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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