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The Open Academy
Salhouse Road, Norwich NR7 9DL
The Open Academy is a non-selective, Church of England academy. It has 117 staff (about 87 FTEs), including 44 teachers (about 41 FTEs).
Particular strengths include Unfilled vacancies, Assistant:teacher ratio and Staff development. Relative weaknesses include Qualified teachers.
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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 0.35, which is very high compared to other schools.
Staff development: Above average. Reported staff development spend is £495 per teacher per year, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Qualified teachers: Below average. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 94%, 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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