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UTC Reading
Crescent Road, East Reading, Reading RG1 5RQ
UTC Reading is a non-selective free school. It has 39 staff (about 37 FTEs), including 26 teachers (about 26 FTEs).
This school is a member of Activate Learning Education Trust. (Other schools in this trust include Theale Green School, UTC Oxfordshire, UTC Heathrow, The Bicester School and UTC Swindon.)
Relative weaknesses include Unfilled vacancies and Assistant:teacher ratio.
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Staff development: About average. Reported staff development spend is £298 per teacher per year, which is roughly average compared to other schools.
Qualified teachers: About average. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 95%, which is roughly average compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Below average. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.2, which is quite low compared to other schools.
Unfilled vacancies: Below average. The proportion of unfilled or temporarily filled teaching positions is 4.2%, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Pupil:teacher ratio: There is no pupil:teacher ratio information for this school.
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