Data set from Attendance in education and early years settings during COVID-19

Table 1F - Distribution of school workforce absence rates in state-funded schools since September 2021

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Published 8 March 2022

Last updated 8 March 2022

This file contains levels of workforce absence rates in education settings from September 2021. Data is in this file has been scaled to account for non-response so it is nationally representative.

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Data set details

• Theme: COVID-19
• Publication: Attendance in education and early years settings during COVID-19
• Release: Week 10 2022
• Number of rows: 711
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Number of schools more than 10 but less than 15 percent of teachers and school leaders for any absence
  • Number of schools more than 10 but less than 15 percent of teaching assistants and other staff for any absence
  • Number of schools more than 15 but less than 20 percent of teachers and school leaders for any absence
  • Number of schools more than 15 but less than 20 percent of teaching assistants and other staff for any absence
  • Number of schools more than 20 but less than 25 percent of teachers and school leaders for any absence
  • Number of schools more than 20 but less than 25 percent of teaching assistants and other staff for any absence
  • Number of schools more than 25 but less than 30 percent of teachers and school leaders for any absence
  • Number of schools more than 25 but less than 30 percent of teaching assistants and other staff for any absence
  • Number of schools more than 5 but less than 10 percent of teachers and school leaders for any absence
  • Number of schools more than 5 but less than 10 percent of teaching assistants and other staff for any absence
  • Number of schools with 30 percent or more teachers and school leaders for any absence
  • Number of schools with 30 percent or more teaching assistants and other staff for any absence
  • Number of schools with less than 5 percent of teachers and school leaders for any absence
  • Number of schools with less than 5 percent of teaching assistants and other staff for any absence
  • Proportion of schools more than 10 but less than 15 percent of teachers and school leaders for any absence
  • Proportion of schools more than 10 but less than 15 percent of teaching assistants and other staff for any absence
  • Proportion of schools more than 15 but less than 20 percent of teachers and school leaders for any absence
  • Proportion of schools more than 15 but less than 20 percent of teaching assistants and other staff for any absence
  • Proportion of schools more than 20 but less than 25 percent of teachers and school leaders for any absence
  • Proportion of schools more than 20 but less than 25 percent of teaching assistants and other staff for any absence
  • Proportion of schools more than 25 but less than 30 percent of teachers and school leaders for any absence
  • Proportion of schools more than 25 but less than 30 percent of teaching assistants and other staff for any absence
  • Proportion of schools more than 5 but less than 10 percent of teachers and school leaders for any absence
  • Proportion of schools more than 5 but less than 10 percent of teaching assistants and other staff for any absence
  • Proportion of schools with 30 percent or more teachers and school leaders for any absence
  • Proportion of schools with 30 percent or more teaching assistants and other staff for any absence
  • Proportion of schools with less than 5 percent of teachers and school leaders for any absence
  • Proportion of schools with less than 5 percent of teaching assistants and other staff for any absence
• Filters:
  • Date
  • Phase of education
• Time period: 2021 Week 36 to 2022 Week 9

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	date	phase	number_of_schools_with_less_than_5_percent_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_for_any_absence	proportion_of_schools_with_less_than_5_percent_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_for_any_absence	number_of_schools_greater_than_5_less_than_10_percent_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_for_any_absence	proportion_of_schools_greater_than_5_less_than_10_percent_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_for_any_absence	number_of_schools_greater_than_10_less_than_15_percent_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_for_any_absence	proportion_of_schools_greater_than_10_less_than_15_percent_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_for_any_absence	number_of_schools_greater_than_15_less_than_20_percent_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_for_any_absence	proportion_of_schools_greater_than_15_less_than_20_percent_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_for_any_absence	number_of_schools_greater_than_20_less_than_25_percent_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_for_any_absence	proportion_of_schools_greater_than_20_less_than_25_percent_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_for_any_absence	number_of_schools_greater_than_25_less_than_30_percent_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_for_any_absence	proportion_of_schools_greater_than_25_less_than_30_percent_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_for_any_absence	number_of_schools_with_30_percent_or_more_teachers_and_school_leaders_for_any_absence	proportion_of_schools_with_30_percent_or_more_teachers_and_school_leaders_for_any_absence	number_of_schools_with_less_than_5_percent_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_for_any_absence	proportion_of_schools_with_less_than_5_percent_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_for_any_absence	number_of_schools_greater_than_5_less_than_10_percent_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_for_any_absence	proportion_of_schools_greater_than_5_less_than_10_percent_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_for_any_absence	number_of_schools_greater_than_10_less_than_15_percent_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_for_any_absence	proportion_of_schools_greater_than_10_less_than_15_percent_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_for_any_absence	number_of_schools_greater_than_15_less_than_20_percent_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_for_any_absence	proportion_of_schools_greater_than_15_less_than_20_percent_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_for_any_absence	number_of_schools_greater_than_20_less_than_25_percent_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_for_any_absence	proportion_of_schools_greater_than_20_less_than_25_percent_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_for_any_absence	number_of_schools_greater_than_25_less_than_30_percent_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_for_any_absence	proportion_of_schools_greater_than_25_less_than_30_percent_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_for_any_absence	number_of_schools_with_30_percent_or_more_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_for_any_absence	proportion_of_schools_with_30_percent_or_more_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_for_any_absence
2021	Week 36	National	E92000001	England	2021/09/07	All state-funded schools	15634	73.3	2903	13.6	1526	7.1	580	2.7	340	1.6	176	0.8	173	0.8	14596	68.4	4409	20.7	1462	6.8	418	2	238	1.1	125	0.6	84	0.4
2021	Week 36	National	E92000001	England	2021/09/07	Further education	-	93	-	7	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	81	-	17.6	-	1.4	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0
2021	Week 36	National	E92000001	England	2021/09/07	Independent schools	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	Week 36	National	E92000001	England	2021/09/07	Special post 16 institution	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	Week 36	National	E92000001	England	2021/09/07	State-funded alternative provision	207	61.4	53	15.8	49	14.6	9	2.5	9	2.5	2	0.6	6	1.9	203	60.1	58	17.1	41	12	13	3.8	6	1.9	11	3.2	6	1.9

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 30 variables

Variable name	Variable description
date	Date
number_of_schools_greater_than_10_less_than_15_percent_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_for_any_absence	Number of schools more than 10 but less than 15 percent of teachers and school leaders for any absence
number_of_schools_greater_than_10_less_than_15_percent_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_for_any_absence	Number of schools more than 10 but less than 15 percent of teaching assistants and other staff for any absence
number_of_schools_greater_than_15_less_than_20_percent_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_for_any_absence	Number of schools more than 15 but less than 20 percent of teachers and school leaders for any absence
number_of_schools_greater_than_15_less_than_20_percent_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_for_any_absence	Number of schools more than 15 but less than 20 percent of teaching assistants and other staff for any absence
number_of_schools_greater_than_20_less_than_25_percent_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_for_any_absence	Number of schools more than 20 but less than 25 percent of teachers and school leaders for any absence
number_of_schools_greater_than_20_less_than_25_percent_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_for_any_absence	Number of schools more than 20 but less than 25 percent of teaching assistants and other staff for any absence
number_of_schools_greater_than_25_less_than_30_percent_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_for_any_absence	Number of schools more than 25 but less than 30 percent of teachers and school leaders for any absence
number_of_schools_greater_than_25_less_than_30_percent_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_for_any_absence	Number of schools more than 25 but less than 30 percent of teaching assistants and other staff for any absence
number_of_schools_greater_than_5_less_than_10_percent_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_for_any_absence	Number of schools more than 5 but less than 10 percent of teachers and school leaders for any absence
number_of_schools_greater_than_5_less_than_10_percent_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_for_any_absence	Number of schools more than 5 but less than 10 percent of teaching assistants and other staff for any absence
number_of_schools_with_30_percent_or_more_teachers_and_school_leaders_for_any_absence	Number of schools with 30 percent or more teachers and school leaders for any absence
number_of_schools_with_30_percent_or_more_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_for_any_absence	Number of schools with 30 percent or more teaching assistants and other staff for any absence
number_of_schools_with_less_than_5_percent_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_for_any_absence	Number of schools with less than 5 percent of teachers and school leaders for any absence
number_of_schools_with_less_than_5_percent_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_for_any_absence	Number of schools with less than 5 percent of teaching assistants and other staff for any absence
phase	Phase of education
proportion_of_schools_greater_than_10_less_than_15_percent_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_for_any_absence	Proportion of schools more than 10 but less than 15 percent of teachers and school leaders for any absence
proportion_of_schools_greater_than_10_less_than_15_percent_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_for_any_absence	Proportion of schools more than 10 but less than 15 percent of teaching assistants and other staff for any absence
proportion_of_schools_greater_than_15_less_than_20_percent_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_for_any_absence	Proportion of schools more than 15 but less than 20 percent of teachers and school leaders for any absence
proportion_of_schools_greater_than_15_less_than_20_percent_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_for_any_absence	Proportion of schools more than 15 but less than 20 percent of teaching assistants and other staff for any absence
proportion_of_schools_greater_than_20_less_than_25_percent_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_for_any_absence	Proportion of schools more than 20 but less than 25 percent of teachers and school leaders for any absence
proportion_of_schools_greater_than_20_less_than_25_percent_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_for_any_absence	Proportion of schools more than 20 but less than 25 percent of teaching assistants and other staff for any absence
proportion_of_schools_greater_than_25_less_than_30_percent_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_for_any_absence	Proportion of schools more than 25 but less than 30 percent of teachers and school leaders for any absence
proportion_of_schools_greater_than_25_less_than_30_percent_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_for_any_absence	Proportion of schools more than 25 but less than 30 percent of teaching assistants and other staff for any absence
proportion_of_schools_greater_than_5_less_than_10_percent_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_for_any_absence	Proportion of schools more than 5 but less than 10 percent of teachers and school leaders for any absence
proportion_of_schools_greater_than_5_less_than_10_percent_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_for_any_absence	Proportion of schools more than 5 but less than 10 percent of teaching assistants and other staff for any absence
proportion_of_schools_with_30_percent_or_more_teachers_and_school_leaders_for_any_absence	Proportion of schools with 30 percent or more teachers and school leaders for any absence
proportion_of_schools_with_30_percent_or_more_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_for_any_absence	Proportion of schools with 30 percent or more teaching assistants and other staff for any absence
proportion_of_schools_with_less_than_5_percent_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_for_any_absence	Proportion of schools with less than 5 percent of teachers and school leaders for any absence
proportion_of_schools_with_less_than_5_percent_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_for_any_absence	Proportion of schools with less than 5 percent of teaching assistants and other staff for any absence

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Footnotes

1. In some cases school absence rates may be based on a small number of teachers and school leaders, or teaching assistants and other staff.
2. In some education settings where there are either no staff of a certain type (e.g. teaching assistants and other staff) adding the proportions across settings may not add to 100%.
3. Due small settings and low response rates, absent rate distributions for special post-16 and independent schools are omitted. A disproportionate number of individual setting absence rates skew the band allocations.

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