Legislative Council

Wednesday 21 May 2025

Schools—Administrators—Resignations

200. Hon Steve Martinto theLeader of the House representing the Minister for Education:

I refer to WA public schools and the answer received to question C196 in the Legislative Council yesterday.

(1) How many school administrators, as defined by the Department of Education, resigned from their role at a WA public primary school in the school year 2024?

(2) How many school administrators, as defined by the department, resigned from their role at a WA public secondary school in the school year 2024?

(3) Of the school administrators identified in (1) and (2), how many cited stress or burnout as reasons for their resignation in the department exit survey?

(4) What is the answer to (1), (2) and (3) for the school years 2023, 2022 and 2021?

Hon Stephen Dawson replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question.

(1) There were 29.

(2) There were 32.

(3) There were four.

The answer to (4) is provided in tabular form. I seek leave to have it incorporated into Hansard.

Leave granted for the following material to be incorporated.

2021

2022

2023

Primary

22

17

20

Secondary

27

36

35