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Ridgeway Academy
Herns Lane, Welwyn Garden City AL7 2AF
Ridgeway Academy is a non-selective academy. It has 118 staff (about 88 FTEs), including 54 teachers (about 50 FTEs).
This school is a member of Ambition Education Trust. (Other schools in this trust include Sandringham School, Verulam School, St Albans Girls' School and The Adeyfield Academy.)
Particular strengths include Staff development and Assistant:teacher ratio. Relative weaknesses include Unfilled vacancies.
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Staff development: Above average. Reported staff development spend is £483 per teacher per year, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Above average. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.23, which is quite 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.
Unfilled vacancies: Poor. The proportion of unfilled or temporarily filled teaching positions is 3.5%, 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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