WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding teacher resignations and retirements in WA schools from 2006-2011. The government provided data for public schools but directed the member to Catholic and Independent school offices for their data.

AnsweredQoN 6363Legislative Assembly
Asked
20 October 2011
Portfolio
Education

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(1) How many teachers resigned or retired from teaching permanently for each of 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date 2011, for:
(a) Western Australian Government Schools;
(b) Western Australian Catholic Schools: and
(c) Western Australian Independent Schools?
(2) If precise numbers are unavailable for (1) (b) and (c), has the Government estimated those numbers and if so what are the estimated numbers in each category?
(3) For each number provided in each category in (1) and (2), how many are male and how many female?

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Answered
22 November 2011
Responded by
Minister for Education
Response time
33 days
(1)(a) The number of teachers who resigned or retired from Western Australian Government Schools is as follows:
2006 - 1 263
2007 - 1 556
2008 - 1 412
2009 - 1 010
2010 - 969
2011 to date - 822
Note that the figures shown are for the gross number of instances of resignations and retirements of teachers in the year given.  This may include multiple instances of a resignation or retirement for a single employee because each employee may have multiple jobs in a given year.
(1)(b)-(2) The Member may wish to request this information of the Catholic Education Office and IndependentSchools.
(3) Male and female totals for (1)(a) are as follows:
Male     Female
2006                      438        825
2007                      492     1 064
2008                      445        967
2009                      290        720
2010                      299        670
2011 to date          277        545
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