❓ Mr. Staltari asks the Minister for Education about the Department's tracking of unfilled teaching positions in WA public schools and requests data on the average time positions remain vacant for the past four years. The answer indicates this data is not centrally tracked.
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I refer to WA public schools and I ask: (a) Does the Department of Education track the period of time for which teaching positions remain unfilled; (b) If ‘Yes’ to (a), what was the average length of time that a full-time permanent, teaching position remained unfilled during the 2024 school year; and (c) What is the equivalent answer to (b) for the school years: (i) 2023; (ii) 2022; and (iii) 2021?
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Answered
19 August 2025
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Minister for Education
Response time
9 days
(a) – (c) Recruitment of school staff is managed by schools and this information is held at a local level.
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