FOI Request - Exit Interviews and Turnover Themes

Request 101003854158

Scope and timeframe

Please provide the following for academic years 2015/16 to 2024/25 (year-to-date) for the school workforce (teaching and non-teaching):

A. Leavers and exit interviews (annual):
• Leavers (headcount).
• Exit interviews: number offered and number completed.

B. Coded themes (annual):
• Anonymised coded themes from exit interviews with counts by theme (e.g., pay, workload, management, progression, location, personal, retirement, other).
• The coding framework/list currently used.

C. Management information:
• Any management/committee reports since 1 August 2023 summarising exit interview findings or turnover themes.
Format
CSV or XLSX preferred. Fields like academic_year, leavers, exit_offered, exit_completed, theme_code, theme_count would be helpful.

Disclosure control / personal data
No free-text or personal data is requested; aggregate counts only. Please suppress values <5 if needed.

Advice & assistance / cost
If this risks exceeding section 12, please advise under section 15 how to refine (e.g., current coding framework and annual totals only).

Published information
If published (section 25), please provide the direct URL and location.

Information not held / exemptions
If not held (section 17), please state explicitly. If withholding, provide a schedule, exemption/exception, and public-interest test where applicable.