The Australian Education Union have launched a new campaign aimed at significantly increasing funding in West Australian public schools over the next five years.

The union has launched state-specific ‘For Every Child’ campaigns across the country, with the WA campaign announced on Tuesday morning.

The campaign includes targeted advertising, events and activities in WA school communities. Credit: iStock

A survey of 752 WA teachers and principals revealed workloads were at unsustainable levels, with 73 per cent of respondents stating the hours they worked had increased over the past year.

There has also been growing wellbeing issues in WA schools, with 73 per cent of teachers reporting a decline in student wellbeing in the last year and 90 per cent reporting a decline in teacher wellbeing.