❓ Mr. Staltari's question seeks a breakdown of WA public school teacher employment contracts by type and school level. The Department of Education provides the requested data, noting potential for overlap in teacher counts across categories.
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(1) As at 1 May 2025, how many WA public school teachers were employed under the following contracts: (a) Permanent or ongoing; (b) Short term; and (c) Another arrangement not contained above? (2) What percentage of the overall WA public school teacher 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 teachers 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 teacher 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) 24,559
(b) 5,324
(c) 2,698
(2)
(a) 77.2%
(b) 16.7%
(c) 8.5%
(3)
Contract Type
1(a)
1(b)
1(c)
Headcount
Percentage
Headcount
Percentage
Headcount
Percentage
Primary
15,374
48.3%
3,806
12.0%
1,835
5.8%
Secondary
9,210
28.9%
1,528
4.8%
896
2.8%
Public school teachers 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 teacher 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) 24,559
(b) 5,324
(c) 2,698
(2)
(a) 77.2%
(b) 16.7%
(c) 8.5%
(3)
Contract Type
1(a)
1(b)
1(c)
Headcount
Percentage
Headcount
Percentage
Headcount
Percentage
Primary
15,374
48.3%
3,806
12.0%
1,835
5.8%
Secondary
9,210
28.9%
1,528
4.8%
896
2.8%
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