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West Hatch High School
High Road, Chigwell IG7 5BT
West Hatch High School is a non-selective academy. It has 175 staff (about 146 FTEs), including 96 teachers (about 89 FTEs).
Particular strengths include Staff development. Relative weaknesses include Unfilled vacancies, Assistant:teacher ratio and Qualified teachers.
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Staff development: Excellent. Reported staff development spend is £838 per teacher per year, which is very high compared to other schools.
Qualified teachers: Below average. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 96%, which is quite low compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Below average. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.16, which is quite low compared to other schools.
Unfilled vacancies: Poor. The proportion of unfilled or temporarily filled teaching positions is 2.3%, 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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