4. Staffing

 

 

‘Primary’ denotes Kindergarten to Year 6 and ‘Secondary’ spans Years 7 to 12 unless specified otherwise.

 

 

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Figure A9: Organisational chart at 30 June 2020

 

 

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Table A25: School-based teaching staff^(a) by education category^(b) and gender 2020

Education category	Female		Male		Total numbers
	N	%	N	%
Primary	9,998	84.4	1,849	15.6	11,847
Secondary	5,031	61.0	3,212	39.0	8,243
Education support	704	84.4	130	15.6	834
Total	15,733	75.2	5,191	24.8	20,924

_{Source: System and School Performance
(a) Full-time equivalents at Semester 1 student census including teachers at community kindergartens. Based on counting method used for National Schools Statistics Collection that does not include staff on extended leave.
(b) Staff apportioned to education category based on proportion of students in each education category, and apportioned and rounded to be consistent with figures presented in Table 16.}

 

 

 

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Table A26: Teacher retirements and resignations 2015 to 2019

												2015			2016	2017	2018	2019
Retirement	539	542	566	550	556
Resignation	582	622	597	586	604

_{Source: Workforce Policy and Coordination}