FOI Request - Teacher Mental Health
Request 101003866677
Under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, please provide the following information:
For years 2020-21 to 2024-25:
1. The total number of working days lost among teaching staff due to sickness absence recorded with reasons of stress, anxiety, depression, or burnout.
2. The number of individual teachers who have taken sickness absence for these reasons in each year (if held).
If the council records absences under broader categories (e.g. “mental health” or “work-related stress”), please use those categories instead.
Response 31-10-2025
| Year | 1. No of Working Days lost – Depression/Stress/Anxiety | 2. No of Individual Teachers who have been absent due to Depression/Stress/Anxiety |
| 2021/22 | 5,514 | 86 |
| 2022/23 | 7,105 | 97 |
| 2023/24 | 6,750 | 113 |
| 2024/25 | 7,976 | 128 |