Data set from School workforce in England

Teacher absences

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Teacher sickness absence in state funded schools including average number of days (all teachers) and total teachers taking absence.


Data set details

Theme
Teachers and school workforce
Publication
School workforce in England
Release type
Geographic levels
Local authority, National, Regional
Indicators
  • Average number of days taken by each teacher who took sickness absence
  • Average number of days taken in sickness absence by all teachers
  • Percentage of teachers who took sicknesss absence
Time period
2014/15 to 2020/21

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_periodtime_identifiergeographic_levelcountry_codecountry_nameregion_coderegion_nameold_la_codenew_la_codela_nameschool_laestabschool_urnschool_nameTotal teachers taking absencePercentage taking absenceTotal Number of Days lostAverage number of days takenAverage number of Days - all teachers
202021Academic yearNationalE92000001England229898451971299.58.63.9
202021Academic yearRegionalE92000001EnglandE12000001North East895939.29109310.24
202021Academic yearRegionalE92000001EnglandE12000002North West2895942.82769569.64.1
202021Academic yearRegionalE92000001EnglandE12000003Yorkshire and The Humber2253745.42188569.74.4
202021Academic yearRegionalE92000001EnglandE12000004East Midlands1640644.51541449.44.2

Variables in this data set

Table showing all 5 variables
Variable nameVariable description
Average number of Days - all teachersAverage number of days taken in sickness absence by all teachers
Average number of days takenAverage number of days taken by each teacher who took sickness absence
Percentage taking absencePercentage of teachers who took sicknesss absence
Total Number of Days lostTotal number of working days lost to sickness absence
Total teachers taking absenceTotal teachers taking sickness absence

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