AQW 34284/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Education
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of Department of Education staff who have moved on from their position, broken down by (i) grade; and (ii) reason for leaving post, in each of the last three years.
Asked by Michelle Guy MLA on 23 October 2025
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 23 October 2025
- Answer due by
- 7 November 2025
- Answered
- 4 November 202512 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Education
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The number of Department of Education staff who have moved from their position broken down by grade in each of the last three years is presented in Table 1 below:
| Grade | 2022/2023 | 2023/2024 | 2024/2025 |
| G5+ | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| G6 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| G7 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| DP | 9 | 4 | 6 |
| SO | 3 | 9 | 9 |
| EOI | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| EOII | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| AO | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| AA | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| Total | 38 | 44 | 30 |
The number of Department of Education staff who have moved from their position broken down by reason for leaving in each of the last three years is presented in Table 2 below:
| Reason for leaving | 2022/2023 | 2023/2024 | 2024/2025 |
| Moved to another Department | 11 | 17 | 9 |
| Resignation | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| Age Retirement | 5 | 10 | 9 |
| Early Retirement | 11 | 4 | 3 |
| Other | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| Total | 38 | 44 | 30 |