Education Recruitment

OVERVIEW

Australia PLC continues to expand and set its sights for the long-term prosperity of the Australian population. As part of those dynamics, the metrics indicate an acute need for Teachers (particularly males) to sustain the current thirst of students and the wealth of the nation.

Many States, Regions and Rural suburbs across Australia, highlight the lack of professional teachers which is becoming a growing concern.

There are approximately 9,615 schools in Australia, of which 6,938 (72.2%) were government schools and 2,677 (27.8%) were non-government schools.

Combined primary/secondary schools accounted for 12.4% of all schools (excluding special schools).

STUDENTS

3,331,964 full-time school students, 67.5% of whom attended government schools.

The number of full-time students attending government schools grew by 1.6% (from 2,214,938), while the number attending non-government (private & Independent) schools increased by 22.4% (from 884,442).

There were 26,438 part-time school students, an increase of 2.2% since 2003, but 10.2% lower than in 2002. Tasmania (Tas.) had the highest proportion of part-time students (3.1%), followed by South Australia (SA) and the Northern Territory (NT) (both with 2.9%).

There are around 130,447 Indigenous full-time school students, a 3.6% increase since 2003. Almost 58% of these students attended schools in New South Wales (NSW) or Queensland (Qld) 

STAFF

There are around 233,065 full-time equivalent (FTE) teaching staff, 156,156 at government schools and 76,910 at non-government schools. The number of FTE teaching staff in government schools has increased by 3.8% since 1999 compared to 17.9% in the non-government sector.

The proportion of FTE teaching staff who are female continues to rise, 67.7% of all FTE teachers were female. The figure was 79.4% in primary schools and 55.6% in secondary schools. The comparable figures in 1999 were 66.1%, 78.0% and 54.1% respectively.

Overall, the average number of FTE primary school students per FTE teacher was 16.4. In government schools the average was 16.2 and in non-government schools it was 16.9. The equivalent figure for secondary schools was 12.3, with an average of 12.4 in government schools and 12.0 in non-government schools. Australia’s future depends on a high quality and dynamic school education system to provide students with foundation skills, values, knowledge and understanding necessary for lifelong learning, employment and full participation in society.

• Thought about teaching overseas ?
• Not sure where ?
• Not sure how ?
• Want to explore another country ?
• Love your work, but want to enjoy life more - balance the scales ?
• Want to enjoy some of the world’s best beaches, bush land and/or city life ?

Then Teaching in Australia, could be for you - read on !

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