EDUCATION — PSYCHOLOGISTS
1006. Hon DONNA FARAGHER to the Minister for Education and
Training:
I refer to school psychologists
employed by the Department of Education.
(1) What was the ratio of appointed
school psychologists to students in the 2020 school year?
(2) Will the minister provide a breakdown by service
of the number of psychologists employed by the department in 2020 in
other service areas outside of the support provided directly in schools?
Hon SUE
ELLERY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1) In 2020, there were 331.73 school psychologist
FTE providing direct support to 316 715 students in public schools, with
a ratio of 1:954.7.
(2) The answer is
in tabular form and I seek leave to have the answer incorporated into Hansard.
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
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2020
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Consultancy
support to schools (across all school types)
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12.0
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System
support/interagency initiatives
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14.08
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Other
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5.2
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