NESA conducted the research for this report. It involved data analysis to determine the rate of attrition of recent NSW graduate teachers, with the aim of the project to determine the proportion of NSW graduate teachers who were removed from the accreditation list within six years of gaining initial teacher accreditation.
Key findings included:
- 10.7% of teachers who gained initial teacher accreditation between 2009 and 2013 were removed from the accreditation list within six years.
- the number of NSW teachers who achieve initial teacher accreditation each year has remained consistent, at around 7,500 per year (over the last 10 years).
- 43.0% of NSW graduate teachers granted initial teacher accreditation between 2009 and 2018 were aged under 25 years of age and 30.1% were aged 25-34 years.
- 75.4% of NSW graduate teachers granted initial teacher accreditation between 2009 and 2013 were female.
- male graduate teachers on average are 1.6 years older than females when they gain initial teacher accreditation.
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