❓ A WA parliamentary question addresses violence in schools, resources allocated, prohibition orders, and the status of Alternative Learning Settings. The response details support measures, data collection limitations, and current figures for alternative learning.
AnsweredQoN 558Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
I refer to page 353 of Budget Paper No. 2, Volume 1, the Total Appropriations for Education as well as the Government’s Standing Together Against Violence action plan announced in July 2023, and I ask: (a) what additional supports and resources have been given to assist schools prevent and respond to violence; (b) how many prohibition orders have been issued to remove aggressive people from school sites; and (c) noting that there was an expansion of Alternative Learning Settings from three to 12 sites in 2023: (i) how many Alternative Learning Settings are currently operating; and (ii) how many students are currently placed at these Settings?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
23 October 2025
Responded by
Leader of the House representing the Minister for Education
Response time
10 days
(a) Supports and resources include:
· Connect and Respect resources designed to strengthen support for schools to protect teachers, other school staff and students from violent behaviour
· support guidelines for principals to manage people who harass, abuse, threaten or are violent in schools
· a dedicated support line and email for principals to help schools manage the escalation process
· expansion of the Complex Behaviour Support Coordinator (CBSC) trial, providing 64 full-time equivalent (FTE) coordinators across 192 schools
· since 2021, the number of school psychologists in public schools has increased by 100 additional FTE.
(b) Prohibition orders are a matter for individual schools. The Department does not collect this data centrally.
(c) As at 10 September 2025:
(i) 12
(ii) 185
· Connect and Respect resources designed to strengthen support for schools to protect teachers, other school staff and students from violent behaviour
· support guidelines for principals to manage people who harass, abuse, threaten or are violent in schools
· a dedicated support line and email for principals to help schools manage the escalation process
· expansion of the Complex Behaviour Support Coordinator (CBSC) trial, providing 64 full-time equivalent (FTE) coordinators across 192 schools
· since 2021, the number of school psychologists in public schools has increased by 100 additional FTE.
(b) Prohibition orders are a matter for individual schools. The Department does not collect this data centrally.
(c) As at 10 September 2025:
(i) 12
(ii) 185
Explore WA Government Data
Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.
Explore more
Government Gazette
Appointments, regulatory notices, planning changes.
Hansard
Debates, questions, speeches and sentiment.
Tabled Papers
Reports and documents tabled in Parliament.
Committees
Committee profiles and recent reports.
Regulations
Subsidiary legislation with filters and summaries.
Bills
Proposed laws and parliamentary progress.
Acts
Current WA legislation and summaries.
Explanatory Memoranda
Bills with EMs (text/PDF) available.
Members
MP profiles, party breakdown and rankings.
Pollie Rankings
Data-driven rankings across 19 categories.
Amendment Chains
Track how schemes and regulations evolve over time.