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Wade Deacon High School
Birchfield Road, Widnes WA8 7TD
Wade Deacon High School is a non-selective academy. It has 191 staff (about 173 FTEs), including 101 teachers (about 99 FTEs).
This school is a member of Wade Deacon Trust. (Other schools in this trust include The Grange School, Halewood Academy and Hillside High School.)
Particular strengths include Unfilled vacancies, Qualified teachers and Assistant:teacher ratio. Relative weaknesses include Staff development.
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Distance
(miles)
Score Name
0.2Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School
1.1Ormiston Chadwick Academy
2.3Rainhill High School
2.9The Grange School
3.4The Heath School
3.5Great Sankey High School
3.5Blessed Carlo Acutis Catholic and Church of England Academy
3.6The Sutton Academy
3.6Penketh High School
3.7Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy
4.0Sandymoor Ormiston Academy
4.4Halewood Academy
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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: Below average. Reported staff development spend is £213 per teacher per year, which is quite low compared to other schools.
Pupil:teacher ratio: There is no pupil:teacher ratio information for this school.
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