0656 - TEACHER VACANCIES - PERMANENT BY SCHOOL
Key details
- Asking member:
- Sarah Mitchell
- Addressed to portfolio:
- Education and Early Learning
- Minister responsible:
- Deputy Premier, Minister for Education and Early Learning, and Minister for Western Sydney
- Representing minister:
- Minister for Finance, and Minister for Natural Resources
- Asked on:
- Mon 26 June 2023
- Answer received on:
- Mon 17 July 2023
- Question published in:
- Question and Answers Paper No. 34
- Answer published in:
- Question and Answers Paper No. 49
Question
(1) Can the Minister advise how many permanent teaching positions are currently vacant in each New South Wales public school, broken down by school?
Answer
I am advised by the Deputy Premier, Minister for Education and Early Learning and Minister for Western Sydney that:
The Minns Labor Government inherited a teacher shortage crisis from the former NSW Liberal Nationals Government. As of 18 May 2023, there was a total of 1820.90 FTE vacant teaching positions at NSW public schools. A table providing the breakdown by school is listed in Tab A attached.