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St Mary's Catholic Academy
St Walburga's Road, Blackpool FY3 7EQ
St Mary's Catholic Academy is a non-selective, Roman Catholic academy. It has 148 staff (about 134 FTEs), including 86 teachers (about 82 FTEs).
Particular strengths include Staff development, Qualified teachers, Assistant:teacher ratio and Unfilled vacancies.
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Staff development: Excellent. Reported staff development spend is £888 per teacher per year, which is very high compared to other schools.
Qualified teachers: Above average. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 98%, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Above average. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.24, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Unfilled vacancies: About average. The proportion of unfilled or temporarily filled teaching positions is 0.4%, which is roughly average compared to other schools.
Pupil:teacher ratio: There is no pupil:teacher ratio information for this school.
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