Question On Notice No. 402 asked in the Legislative Council on 9 November 2021 by Hon Donna Faragher
Question Directed to the: Minister for Education and Training
Parliament: 41 Session: 1
Question
Can the Minister provide a breakdown, by headcount and FTE, the total number of school teachers employed by the Department of Education in Western Australian government primary and secondary schools in the following years:
(a) 2019;
(b) 2020; and
(c) 2021 to date?
Answered on 9 December 2021
Answer
(a)-(c)
Type of school
|
Headcount
|
Full-time equivalent
|
|
As at 31 October 2019
|
As at 29 October 2020
|
As at 28 October 2021
|
2019
|
2020
|
Year to date 2021 (28 October)
|
Primary
|
13,999
|
14,133
|
14,683
|
12,212.3
|
12,266.6
|
12,622.1
|
Secondary
|
8,289
|
8,510
|
8,854
|
7,877.3
|
8,064.3
|
8,316.0
|
Note:
(a) The above table represents the teaching award staff employed at a school with the classification type as a primary school or a secondary school only. It does not include staff employed at other school classification types such as district high schools, Kindergarten – Year 12 schools and education support.
(b) In line with the Human Resource Minimum Obligatory Information Requirements (HR MOIR) census methodology, headcount figures are calculated on permanent and fixed-term employees (excluding casual employees) and can fluctuate by pay period.
(c) FTE is calculated on the average number of full-time equivalent employees (including permanent, fixed-term and casual employees) paid in the calendar year. The figures in 2019 and 2020 are based on a full calendar year. The 2021 figure is calculated from the first pay period in the calendar year up to the current pay period (28 October 2021).
(d) Headcount and FTE figures are based on staff employed under the Teaching Award and include:
· principals and deputy principals,
· school psychologists based in schools, and
· staff in schools of the air and remote community schools.