❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding the deployment of relief teachers in WA public schools during 2023 and 2024, including the number of deployments and their duration, and which region used the most relief teachers.
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(1) For each term in the 2023 and 2024 school years, how many relief teachers were deployed in WA public schools ? (2) Of the numbers specified in (1), how many relief placements lasted for more than 1 week? (3) Which education region recorded the highest proportion of classroom teaching hours delivered by relief teachers in WA public schools during the 2023 and 2024 school years?
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Answered
24 June 2025
Responded by
Minister for Education
Response time
9 days
(1) Relief teachers are deployed on a temporary basis to cover for teachers who are absent from their regular positions due to illness, professional development or accessing other industrial entitlements available under the School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement.
The Department of Education advises:
Relief teachers deployed
Term
2023
2024
Term 1
5,704
5,572
Term 2
6,012
6,578
Term 3
6,103
6,323
Term 4
5,984
6,109
(2)
Relief teachers deployed for >1 week
Term
2023
2024
Term 1
137
83
Term 2
114
115
Term 3
139
147
Term 4
130
132
(3) North Metropolitan Education Region.
The Department of Education advises:
Relief teachers deployed
Term
2023
2024
Term 1
5,704
5,572
Term 2
6,012
6,578
Term 3
6,103
6,323
Term 4
5,984
6,109
(2)
Relief teachers deployed for >1 week
Term
2023
2024
Term 1
137
83
Term 2
114
115
Term 3
139
147
Term 4
130
132
(3) North Metropolitan Education Region.
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