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Record Ref : FOI 11199
Date Received : 29/01/2025
Date Completed : 14/02/2025
Organisation : NASUWT
Application Type : Trade Union
Category : Council Employees
Question
1. How many sickness days for mental health reasons (including stress, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, etc.) were taken in the local authority in the school years
(a) 2019/20 =
(b) 2020/21 =
(c) 2021/22 =
(d) 2022/23 =
(e) 2023/24 =
2. Please provide figures for
(i) nursery, primary and secondary teachers =
(ii) nursery, primary and secondary head and deputy head teachers =
(iii) nursery, primary and secondary teaching support staff =
3. What surveying has the relevant department done to assess the mental health needs of
(i) nursery, primary and secondary teachers
(ii) nursery, primary and secondary head and deputy head teachers
(iii) nursery, primary and secondary teaching support staff
4. Who is the officer in the council leading on mental health policy within education and the surveys?
Answer
1. How many sickness days for mental health reasons (including stress, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, etc.) were taken in the local authority in the school years
(a) 2019/20 = 749
(b) 2020/21 = 1768
(c) 2021/22 = 3021
(d) 2022/23 = 3921
(e) 2023/24 = 3895
2. Please provide figures for :
(i) nursery, primary and secondary teachers = 12,229
3. What surveying has the relevant department done to assess the mental health needs of / NIL
(i) nursery, primary and secondary teacher’s n/a
(ii) nursery, primary and secondary head, and deputy head teacher’s n/a
(iii) nursery, primary and secondary teaching support staff n/a
4. Who is the officer in the council leading on mental health policy within education and the surveys? Nil
It could be that individual schools might have done so internally.
In terms of Q4 we don’t have a mental health officer (or an officer with responsibility as described) in Education but would assume that whilst a role might not be in HR the mental health of all staff would sit under HR.