❓ Hon Tjorn Sibma asks the Minister for Education about the number of principal resignations in WA public schools in 2024 and reasons for leaving. The response provides resignation numbers and clarifies data collection methods.
AnsweredQoN 174Legislative Assembly
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Schools—Principals—Resignations
174. Hon Tjorn Sibma to the Leader of the House representing the Minister for Education:
I refer to WA public
schools.
(1) How many principals resigned from their role
at WA public primary schools in the 2024 school year?
(2) How many principals resigned from their role
at WA public secondary schools in the 2024 school year?
(3) Of the principals identified in (1) and (2),
how many cited stress or burnout as reasons for their resignation in their
departmental exit survey?
(4) Of the school principals identified in (1) and
(2), how many had not subsequently taken up another role as a principal at a WA
public school by the commencement of term 1, 2025?
174. Hon Tjorn Sibma to the Leader of the House representing the Minister for Education:
I refer to WA public
schools.
(1) How many principals resigned from their role
at WA public primary schools in the 2024 school year?
(2) How many principals resigned from their role
at WA public secondary schools in the 2024 school year?
(3) Of the principals identified in (1) and (2),
how many cited stress or burnout as reasons for their resignation in their
departmental exit survey?
(4) Of the school principals identified in (1) and
(2), how many had not subsequently taken up another role as a principal at a WA
public school by the commencement of term 1, 2025?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable
member for some notice of the question.
The Department of
Education advises the following.
(1) There were 11.
(2) There was one.
(3) Principals are not
separately identified in the exit survey data collected by the department; they
are counted as school administrators along with deputy principals and heads
of learning areas or departments.
(4) There was one.
member for some notice of the question.
The Department of
Education advises the following.
(1) There were 11.
(2) There was one.
(3) Principals are not
separately identified in the exit survey data collected by the department; they
are counted as school administrators along with deputy principals and heads
of learning areas or departments.
(4) There was one.
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