❓ Hon Donna Faragher requested a breakdown of WA government primary and secondary school teachers by headcount and FTE for 2019-2021. The Minister provided the requested data, including notes on the methodology used.
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Can the Minister provide a breakdown, by headcount and FTE, the total number of school teachers employed by the Department of Education in Western Australian government primary and secondary schools in the following years: (a) 2019; (b) 2020; and (c) 2021 to date?
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Answered
9 December 2021
Responded by
Minister for Education and Training
Response time
11 days
Answer
(a)-(c)
Type of school
Headcount
Full-time equivalent
As at 31 October 2019
As at 29 October 2020
As at 28 October 2021
2019
2020
Year to date 2021 (28 October)
Primary
13,999
14,133
14,683
12,212.3
12,266.6
12,622.1
Secondary
8,289
8,510
8,854
7,877.3
8,064.3
8,316.0
Note:
(a) The above table represents the teaching award staff employed at a school with the classification type as a primary school or a secondary school only. It does not include staff employed at other school classification types such as district high schools, Kindergarten – Year 12 schools and education support.
(b) In line with the Human Resource Minimum Obligatory Information Requirements (HR MOIR) census methodology, headcount figures are calculated on permanent and fixed-term employees (excluding casual employees) and can fluctuate by pay period.
(c) FTE is calculated on the average number of full-time equivalent employees (including permanent, fixed-term and casual employees) paid in the calendar year. The figures in 2019 and 2020 are based on a full calendar year. The 2021 figure is calculated from the first pay period in the calendar year up to the current pay period (28 October 2021).
(d) Headcount and FTE figures are based on staff employed under the Teaching Award and include:
· principals and deputy principals,
· school psychologists based in schools, and
· staff in schools of the air and remote community schools.
(a)-(c)
Type of school
Headcount
Full-time equivalent
As at 31 October 2019
As at 29 October 2020
As at 28 October 2021
2019
2020
Year to date 2021 (28 October)
Primary
13,999
14,133
14,683
12,212.3
12,266.6
12,622.1
Secondary
8,289
8,510
8,854
7,877.3
8,064.3
8,316.0
Note:
(a) The above table represents the teaching award staff employed at a school with the classification type as a primary school or a secondary school only. It does not include staff employed at other school classification types such as district high schools, Kindergarten – Year 12 schools and education support.
(b) In line with the Human Resource Minimum Obligatory Information Requirements (HR MOIR) census methodology, headcount figures are calculated on permanent and fixed-term employees (excluding casual employees) and can fluctuate by pay period.
(c) FTE is calculated on the average number of full-time equivalent employees (including permanent, fixed-term and casual employees) paid in the calendar year. The figures in 2019 and 2020 are based on a full calendar year. The 2021 figure is calculated from the first pay period in the calendar year up to the current pay period (28 October 2021).
(d) Headcount and FTE figures are based on staff employed under the Teaching Award and include:
· principals and deputy principals,
· school psychologists based in schools, and
· staff in schools of the air and remote community schools.
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