❓ Mr. Staltari asks about graduate teacher attrition rates in WA public schools within their first three years of service, from 2017 to 2025. The answer provides the number of graduates who left the system and did not return by August 17, 2025.
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I refer to WA Public Schools, and I ask: (a) In each of the following school years, how many graduate teachers left the WA Public School system within three years of having commenced their first graduate teaching position: (i) 2025 to date; (ii) 2024; (iii) 2023; (iv) 2022; (v) 2021; (vi) 2020; (vii) 2019; (viii) 2018; and (ix) 2017?
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Answered
18 September 2025
Responded by
Minister for Education
Response time
11 days
(a)
Graduates (headcount)
Year
(i) 2025 to date
276
(ii) 2024
239
(iii) 2023
247
(iv) 2022
268
(v) 2021
160
(vi) 2020
127
(vii) 2019
188
(viii) 2018
228
(ix) 2017
226
These figures include graduates who have terminated their contract (including end of fixed-term contracts) and have not returned as at 17 August 2025.
Graduates (headcount)
Year
(i) 2025 to date
276
(ii) 2024
239
(iii) 2023
247
(iv) 2022
268
(v) 2021
160
(vi) 2020
127
(vii) 2019
188
(viii) 2018
228
(ix) 2017
226
These figures include graduates who have terminated their contract (including end of fixed-term contracts) and have not returned as at 17 August 2025.
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