❓ Hon Rod Caddies questions the Minister for Education regarding class sizes in WA state schools, union concerns, and potential reductions. The Minister provides average class sizes and affirms commitment to addressing teacher workload.
AnsweredQoN 217Legislative Assembly
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Schools—Class sizes
217. Hon Rod Caddies to the Leader of the House representing the Minister for Education:
I refer to class
sizes in the state school system.
(1) Can the minister advise what the average
number of students per classroom is in the metropolitan area?
(2) Can the minister confirm that the State School
Teachers' Union of WA has expressed concerns about class sizes and the impact
on the quality of education teachers are able to deliver?
(3) Will the minister commit to reducing class
sizes in WA and, if not, why not?
217. Hon Rod Caddies to the Leader of the House representing the Minister for Education:
I refer to class
sizes in the state school system.
(1) Can the minister advise what the average
number of students per classroom is in the metropolitan area?
(2) Can the minister confirm that the State School
Teachers' Union of WA has expressed concerns about class sizes and the impact
on the quality of education teachers are able to deliver?
(3) Will the minister commit to reducing class
sizes in WA and, if not, why not?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank Hon Rod
Caddies for some notice of the question and congratulate him on his first
question in this place.
(1) The response is in tabular form and I seek
leave to have this part incorporated into Hansard .
Leave granted for the following material to be
incorporated.
Average class
sizes in metropolitan Western Australian public schools: 2025
Kindergarten
Pre-primary
Years 1 to 3
Years 4 to 6
Years 7 to 10
18.5
23.2
21.7
27.5
26.9
(2)–(3) Class size averages in 2025
continue to be below the maximum size limits for all specified configurations.
The minister will continue to work with the State School Teachers' Union of WA
to address a range of issues. The Cook Labor government remains committed to
the School Education Act Employees' (Teachers and Administrators) General
Agreement 2023 and to reducing workload for teachers through progressing the
workload reduction initiatives, including the establishment of the workload
intensification taskforce.
Caddies for some notice of the question and congratulate him on his first
question in this place.
(1) The response is in tabular form and I seek
leave to have this part incorporated into Hansard .
Leave granted for the following material to be
incorporated.
Average class
sizes in metropolitan Western Australian public schools: 2025
Kindergarten
Pre-primary
Years 1 to 3
Years 4 to 6
Years 7 to 10
18.5
23.2
21.7
27.5
26.9
(2)–(3) Class size averages in 2025
continue to be below the maximum size limits for all specified configurations.
The minister will continue to work with the State School Teachers' Union of WA
to address a range of issues. The Cook Labor government remains committed to
the School Education Act Employees' (Teachers and Administrators) General
Agreement 2023 and to reducing workload for teachers through progressing the
workload reduction initiatives, including the establishment of the workload
intensification taskforce.
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