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South Wigston High School
St Thomas Road, Wigston LE18 4TA
South Wigston High School is a non-selective academy. It has 105 staff (about 87 FTEs), including 58 teachers (about 53 FTEs).
This school is a member of Learning Without Limits Academy Trust. (Other schools in this trust include Lancaster Academy and Babington Academy.)
Particular strengths include Staff development. Relative weaknesses include Assistant:teacher ratio, Qualified teachers and Unfilled vacancies.
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Distance
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Score Name
0.7Wigston College
0.9Wigston Academy
1.0Tudor Grange Samworth Academy
2.0Lancaster Academy
2.0Sir Jonathan North Girls' College
2.0Countesthorpe Academy
2.7Gartree High School
2.8Beauchamp College
2.8Brockington College
3.2Fullhurst Community College
3.3The Winstanley School
3.5Manor High School
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Staff development: About average. Reported staff development spend is £386 per teacher per year, which is roughly average compared to other schools.
Unfilled vacancies: Poor. The proportion of unfilled or temporarily filled teaching positions is 1.8%, which is very high compared to other schools.
Qualified teachers: Poor. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 90%, which is very low compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Poor. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.09, 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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