Hon Steve Martin asks the Minister for Education about the number of school administrators resigning from WA public schools between 2021 and 2024, and how many cited stress or burnout as reasons. The Minister provides the requested data.

AnsweredQoN 200Legislative Assembly
Asked
21 May 2025
Portfolio
Education

QuestionView source ↗

Schools—Administrators—Resignations
200. Hon Steve Martin to the Leader 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?

AnswerView source ↗

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

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