❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding the number and contract types of Education Assistants in WA public schools, broken down by primary and secondary levels. The response highlights that EAs can hold multiple contracts and work across both levels, leading to potential overlap in data.
AnsweredQoN 202Legislative Assembly
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(1) As at 1 May 2025, how many WA public school Education Assistants were employed under the following contracts: (a) Permanent or ongoing; (b) Short term; and (c) Another arrangement not contained in the above? (2) What percentage of the overall WA public school Education Assistant workforce did each of the answers to (1) account for? (3) What is the breakdown of the answers to (1) and (2) by WA public: (a) Primary school; and (b) Secondary school?
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Answered
19 August 2025
Responded by
Minister for Education
Response time
9 days
The Department of Education advises that as at 8 May 2025:
Public school education assistants (EA) can hold more than one type of employment with the Department of Education at any one time and work across both primary and secondary settings. This means that an individual EA may be counted in more than one contract type, as well as in both primary and secondary. As such, the sum of the breakdowns and percentages may exceed the total distinct count and 100%. Data is provided by headcount.
(1)
(a) 11,101
(b) 2,309
(c) 2,187
(2)
(a) 72.9%
(b) 15.2%
(c) 14.4%
(3)
Contract Type
1(a)
1(b)
1(c)
Headcount
Percentage
Headcount
Percentage
Headcount
Percentage
Primary
8,823
58.0%
1,912
12.6%
1,814
11.9%
Secondary
2,308
15.2%
398
2.6%
414
2.7%
Public school education assistants (EA) can hold more than one type of employment with the Department of Education at any one time and work across both primary and secondary settings. This means that an individual EA may be counted in more than one contract type, as well as in both primary and secondary. As such, the sum of the breakdowns and percentages may exceed the total distinct count and 100%. Data is provided by headcount.
(1)
(a) 11,101
(b) 2,309
(c) 2,187
(2)
(a) 72.9%
(b) 15.2%
(c) 14.4%
(3)
Contract Type
1(a)
1(b)
1(c)
Headcount
Percentage
Headcount
Percentage
Headcount
Percentage
Primary
8,823
58.0%
1,912
12.6%
1,814
11.9%
Secondary
2,308
15.2%
398
2.6%
414
2.7%
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