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Lydiard Park Academy
Grange Park Way, Grange Park, Swindon SN5 6HN
Lydiard Park Academy is a non-selective academy. It has 167 staff (about 135 FTEs), including 90 teachers (about 81 FTEs).
This school is a member of The Park Academies Trust. (Other schools in this trust include The Deanery CofE Academy, Abbey Park School and Highworth Warneford School.)
Particular strengths include Unfilled vacancies, Assistant:teacher ratio and Qualified teachers. Relative weaknesses include Staff development.
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1.8The Deanery CofE Academy
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2.6The Commonweal School
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3.0The Ridgeway School & Sixth Form College
3.4Abbey Park School
3.5St Joseph's Catholic College
3.6Lawn Manor Academy
3.9Great Western Academy
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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.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Excellent. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.33, which is very high compared to other schools.
Qualified teachers: Above average. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 99%, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Staff development: Poor. Reported staff development spend is £142 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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