Stress Related Absence

1. In the 20/21 financial year please state how many teachers were absent from schools in your area for the ENTIRE year due to a stress related illness? (ie they did not work in their paid employment for a single day during the last financial year because of a stress related illness). How many of these people were (a) headteachers and (b) assistant/deputy headteachers?

None.  No teachers were absent due to a stress related illness for the full financial year (01 April 2020 to 31 March 2021)

2. How many teaching days were lost to your authority in the last financial year (2020/21) because of teachers (not teaching assistants) being absent from school with a stress related illness?

2,188 days were lost to teachers due to stress related illness in financial year 01 April 2020 to 31 March 2021

3. How much did schools in your authority spend in the last financial year (2020/21) on paying for the provision of supply teachers?

During the financial year 01 April 2020 to 31 March 2021, £1,734,748 was spent on Supply Teaching Staff and £1,523,461 Agency Supply Teaching Staff

4. Which school within your authority spent the most money on supply teachers in the last financial year? Please give the name, and address of the school and the amount spent on supply teachers? 

Southbrook School (7005) Bishop Westall Road, Exeter, Devon, EX2 6JB – £215,000