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St Bernards Catholic High School, Barrow
Rating Lane, Barrow-in-Furness LA13 9LE
St Bernards Catholic High School, Barrow is a non-selective, Roman Catholic academy. It has 83 staff (about 63 FTEs), including 38 teachers (about 33 FTEs). The present school opened in 2021.
Particular strengths include Unfilled vacancies, Qualified teachers and Assistant:teacher ratio. Relative weaknesses include Staff development.
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Unfilled vacancies: Excellent. The proportion of unfilled or temporarily filled teaching positions is 0%, which is very low 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 0.26, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Staff development: Poor. Reported staff development spend is £165 per teacher per year, 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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