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❓ Question seeks data on principal resignations in WA public schools during Term 4 2025, specifically focusing on stress/burnout as a contributing factor. The answer reveals limitations in data collection preventing precise figures on principal-specific reasons for resignation.

AnsweredQoN 1383Legislative Assembly

Asked

2 December 2025

Member

Mr Liam Staltari

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I refer to WA public schools, and I ask: (a) How many principals resigned from their role at public primary schools in Term 4 of 2025; (b) How many principals resigned from their role at public secondary schools in Term 4 of 2025; and (c) Of the principals identified in (a) and (b), how many cited stress or burnout as a reason for their resignation in their departmental exit survey?

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Answered

10 March 2026

Responded by

Minister for Education

Response time

10 days

The Department’s Staff Exit Survey is voluntary and anonymous, and response figures are representative of the survey completion date and are not necessarily aligned with resignation date.
(a) 4
(b) 1
(c) Not Applicable. Principals are not separately identified in the Staff Exit Survey; they are counted as School Administrators, along with Deputy Principals and Heads of Learning Areas/Departments.

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