❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding the Department of Education's Casual Staff Seeker Tool and the number of teachers, including pre-service teachers, using it and in the casual pool between 2022 and 2025. Data availability varies across years.
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I refer to the Department of Education's Casual Staff Seeker Tool and I ask: (a) As at 1 June 2025, how many teachers were using the Casual Staff Seeker Tool ; (b) Does the answer to (a) constitute the entire Casual Teacher Pool; (c) If ‘No’ to (b), what was the total number of teachers within the Casual Teacher Pool as at 1 June 2025; (d) What is the equivalent answer for (a) and (c) as at: (i) 1 June 2024; (ii) 1 June 2023; and (iii) 1 June 2022; and (e) Of the number of teachers specified in (a) and (d), how many of these teachers were Pre-Service Teachers, broken down by the years listed above ?
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Answered
19 August 2025
Responded by
Minister for Education
Response time
9 days
The Department of Education advises as at 26 June 2025:
(a) 6,735
(b) No
(c) 9,841
(d)
(a)
(c)
(i) 1 June 2024
Not available
8,179
(ii) 1 June 2023
Not available
6,363
(iii) 1 June 2022
Not available
4,128
(e) Pre-Service Teachers are not included above in (a), (c) and (d), they are redirected to a separate casual pool. For Pre-Service Teachers the equivalent for (a) and (c) is:
(a)
(c)
1 June 2025
449
1,578
(d)(i) 1 June 2024
Not available
1,008
(d)(ii) 1 June 2023
Not available
581
(d)(iii) 1 June 2022
Not available
68
(a) 6,735
(b) No
(c) 9,841
(d)
(a)
(c)
(i) 1 June 2024
Not available
8,179
(ii) 1 June 2023
Not available
6,363
(iii) 1 June 2022
Not available
4,128
(e) Pre-Service Teachers are not included above in (a), (c) and (d), they are redirected to a separate casual pool. For Pre-Service Teachers the equivalent for (a) and (c) is:
(a)
(c)
1 June 2025
449
1,578
(d)(i) 1 June 2024
Not available
1,008
(d)(ii) 1 June 2023
Not available
581
(d)(iii) 1 June 2022
Not available
68
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