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St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy
Oxford Road, Dewsbury WF13 4LL
St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy is a non-selective, Roman Catholic academy. It has 132 staff (about 110 FTEs), including 59 teachers (about 56 FTEs).
Particular strengths include Qualified teachers and Assistant:teacher ratio. Relative weaknesses include Unfilled vacancies and Staff development.
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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 0.22, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Staff development: Poor. Reported staff development spend is £140 per teacher per year, which is very low compared to other schools.
Unfilled vacancies: Poor. The proportion of unfilled or temporarily filled teaching positions is 5.4%, which is very high compared to other schools.
Pupil:teacher ratio: There is no pupil:teacher ratio information for this school.
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