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St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College
Consett Road, Lanchester, Durham DH7 0RD
St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College is a non-selective, Roman Catholic academy. It has 145 staff (about 126 FTEs), including 87 teachers (about 85 FTEs).
Particular strengths include Qualified teachers and Staff development. Relative weaknesses include Assistant:teacher ratio and Unfilled vacancies.
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Qualified teachers: Above average. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 99%, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Staff development: Above average. Reported staff development spend is £470 per teacher per year, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Unfilled vacancies: Below average. The proportion of unfilled or temporarily filled teaching positions is 1.2%, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Poor. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.11, 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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