❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding maximum class sizes in public schools and the percentage of classes exceeding those limits from 2021-2025. The answer provides data on class sizes exceeding limits, but refers to a public source for the maximum class size limits themselves.
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(1) What is the maximum class size for each year level under the current Enterprise Bargaining Agreement (EBA) for WA public school teachers? (2) As of 1 February 2025, what percentage of WA public school classes exceeded the maximum class sizes referred to in (1)? (3) What is the equivalent answer for (2) for the 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2021 school years for the relevant EBA in effect during that year?
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Answered
24 June 2025
Responded by
Minister for Education
Response time
9 days
1) This information is publicly available via the WA Industrial Relations Commission website.
2) Class size data is not available from 1 February 2025, as this date preceded the start of Term 1. Class size data for 2025 was collected during the Semester 1 student census. As of 21 February 2025, 2.5%.
3)
2024: 3.4%
2023: 4.3%
2022: 4.1%
2021: 4.4%
2) Class size data is not available from 1 February 2025, as this date preceded the start of Term 1. Class size data for 2025 was collected during the Semester 1 student census. As of 21 February 2025, 2.5%.
3)
2024: 3.4%
2023: 4.3%
2022: 4.1%
2021: 4.4%
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