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.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Teachers and school workforce
- Publication
- School workforce in England
- Release
- Reporting year 2021
- 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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| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | old_la_code | new_la_code | la_name | school_laestab | school_urn | school_name | Total teachers taking absence | Percentage taking absence | Total Number of Days lost | Average number of days taken | Average number of Days - all teachers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202021 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | 229898 | 45 | 1971299.5 | 8.6 | 3.9 | ||||||||
| 202021 | Academic year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000001 | North East | 8959 | 39.2 | 91093 | 10.2 | 4 | ||||||
| 202021 | Academic year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000002 | North West | 28959 | 42.8 | 276956 | 9.6 | 4.1 | ||||||
| 202021 | Academic year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000003 | Yorkshire and The Humber | 22537 | 45.4 | 218856 | 9.7 | 4.4 | ||||||
| 202021 | Academic year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000004 | East Midlands | 16406 | 44.5 | 154144 | 9.4 | 4.2 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| Average number of Days - all teachers | Average number of days taken in sickness absence by all teachers |
| Average number of days taken | Average number of days taken by each teacher who took sickness absence |
| Percentage taking absence | Percentage of teachers who took sicknesss absence |
| Total Number of Days lost | Total number of working days lost to sickness absence |
| Total teachers taking absence | Total teachers taking sickness absence |
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