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St Bede's Catholic School and Byron Sixth Form College
Westway, Peterlee SR8 1DE
St Bede's Catholic School and Byron Sixth Form College is a non-selective, Roman Catholic academy. It has 75 staff (about 74 FTEs), including 61 teachers (about 60 FTEs). The present school opened in 2021.
This school is a member of Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust. (Other schools in this trust include St Aidan's Catholic Academy, St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy, St Wilfrid's RC College and St Joseph's Catholic Academy.)
Particular strengths include Staff development. Relative weaknesses include Assistant:teacher ratio, Qualified teachers and Unfilled vacancies.
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Staff development: Excellent. Reported staff development spend is £1284 per teacher per year, which is very high compared to other schools.
Unfilled vacancies: Poor. The proportion of unfilled or temporarily filled teaching positions is 2.7%, which is very high compared to other schools.
Qualified teachers: Poor. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 93%, which is very low compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Poor. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.08, 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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