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Samuel Ryder Academy
Drakes Drive, St Albans AL1 5AR
Samuel Ryder Academy is a non-selective academy. It has 195 staff (about 143 FTEs), including 97 teachers (about 88 FTEs). (See here for details of the primary school.)
This school is a member of Scholars' Education Trust. (Other schools in this trust include Longdean School, Sir John Lawes School, The Hemel Hempstead School, Robert Barclay Academy and Priory Academy.)
Particular strengths include Staff development, Qualified teachers and Assistant:teacher ratio. Relative weaknesses include Unfilled vacancies.
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4.2Saint Michael's Catholic High School
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Staff development: Above average. Reported staff development spend is £601 per teacher per year, which is quite 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 0.28, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Unfilled vacancies: Below average. The proportion of unfilled or temporarily filled teaching positions is 1.1%, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Pupil:teacher ratio: There is no pupil:teacher ratio information for this school.
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