❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding the number of relief teachers deployed in WA public schools during 2025, broken down by term and including the number of placements lasting over a week. The answer clarifies that individual teachers may be counted multiple times across different quarters.
AnsweredQoN 1386Legislative Assembly
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(1) For each term in the 2025 school year, how many relief teachers were deployed in WA public schools? (2) Of the figures specified in (1), how many relief placements lasted more than 1 week? (3) Please provide an equivalent answer to (1)-(2) for the whole, 2025 school year?
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Answered
14 April 2026
Responded by
Minister for Education
Response time
15 days
(1)
Quarter 1, 2025
5,131
Quarter 2, 2025
6,528
Quarter 3, 2025
7,188
Quarter 4, 2025
6,550
(2)
Quarter 1, 2025
61
Quarter 2, 2025
141
Quarter 3, 2025
192
Quarter 4, 2025
139
(3) Relief teachers deployed: 9,891*
Placements lasting more than one week: 533
*Employees may undertake relief placements in multiple quarters and as such the sum of the breakdowns may exceed the total distinct count in the above response.
Quarter 1, 2025
5,131
Quarter 2, 2025
6,528
Quarter 3, 2025
7,188
Quarter 4, 2025
6,550
(2)
Quarter 1, 2025
61
Quarter 2, 2025
141
Quarter 3, 2025
192
Quarter 4, 2025
139
(3) Relief teachers deployed: 9,891*
Placements lasting more than one week: 533
*Employees may undertake relief placements in multiple quarters and as such the sum of the breakdowns may exceed the total distinct count in the above response.
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