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The Island Free School
Newport Road, Ventnor PO38 1BG
The Island Free School is a non-selective free school. It has 78 staff (about 76 FTEs), including 45 teachers (about 44 FTEs).
Particular strengths include Staff development and Assistant:teacher ratio. Relative weaknesses include Qualified teachers.
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Staff development: Excellent. Reported staff development spend is £694 per teacher per year, which is very high compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Above average. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.29, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Unfilled vacancies: About average. The proportion of unfilled or temporarily filled teaching positions is 0.7%, which is roughly average compared to other schools.
Qualified teachers: Below average. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 95%, 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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