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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 1006 asked in the Legislative Council on 25 October 2022 by Hon Donna Faragher

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

SCHOOLS — TEACHER FLYING SQUAD

1006. Hon DONNA FARAGHER to the Minister for Education and Training:

I refer to the Department of Education's teacher flying squad, which is utilised by government schools to fill urgent teaching vacancies until a suitable teacher is sourced. How many requests has the department received from schools seeking access to teaching services from the teacher flying squad in the 2022 school year, to date?

Hon SUE ELLERY replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. Before I give the honourable member the number, I will make the point that 2022 has been the most difficult year for schools dealing with absent staff as they came down with COVID. I want to thank members of the teacher flying squad who made themselves available at short notice to assist those schools facing such difficulty, certainly in the first half of 2022.

In 2022 to date, the department has fulfilled 289 requests for teacher flying squad support.