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North Durham Academy
High Street, Stanley DH9 0TW
North Durham Academy is a non-selective academy. It has 110 staff (about 103 FTEs), including 71 teachers (about 66 FTEs).
This school is a member of New College Durham Academies Trust. (Other schools in this trust include Consett Academy and Wellfield School.)
Particular strengths include Staff development, Qualified teachers and Assistant:teacher ratio. Relative weaknesses include Unfilled vacancies.
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Distance
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0.7Tanfield School
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5.6Consett Academy
6.0Oxclose Community Academy
6.1Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead
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Staff development: Excellent. Reported staff development spend is £942 per teacher per year, 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.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Above average. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.26, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Unfilled vacancies: Poor. The proportion of unfilled or temporarily filled teaching positions is 2.8%, which is very high compared to other schools.
Pupil:teacher ratio: There is no pupil:teacher ratio information for this school.
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