Data set from Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

Table 1E - Daily workforce absence in education settings during the COVID-19 outbreak (Spring lockdown - 11 January to 5 March 2021)

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Published 11 May 2021

Last updated 11 May 2021

This file contains workforce absence statistics for education settings during restricted opening from 11 January to 5 March 2021, excluding half term dates from 15 - 19 February 2021. Data is not comparable to workforce absence estimates collected in the autumn term.

Data is in this file has been scaled to account for non-response so it is nationally representative.

Data set details

Theme: COVID-19
Publication: Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
Release: Week 19 2021
Release type
Geographic levels: National
Indicators: Number of teachers and school leaders attending on site in open schools
Number of teachers and school leaders in open schools self isolating and cannot teach remotely due to potential contact with a case of COVID19 inside the school
Number of teachers and school leaders in open schools self isolating and cannot teach remotely due to potential contact with a case of COVID19 outside the school
Filters: Date
Phase of education
Time period: 2021 Week 2 to 2021 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_teachers_and_school_leaders_attending_on_site_in_open_schools	Number_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_on_roll_in_open_schools	Proportion_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_attending_on_site_in_open_schools	Number_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_on_roll_in_closed_schools	Number_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_who_cannot_teach_on_site_or_remotely_in_open_schools_due_to_a_suspected_case_of_COVID19	Proportion_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_who_cannot_teach_on_site_or_remotely_in_open_schools_due_to_a_suspected_case_of_COVID19	Number_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_who_cannot_teach_on_site_or_remotely_in_open_schools_due_to_a_confirmed_case_of_COVID19	Proportion_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_who_cannot_teach_on_site_or_remotely_in_open_schools_due_to_a_confirmed_case_of_COVID19	Number_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_in_open_schools_self_isolating_and_cannot_teach_remotely_due_to_potential_contact_with_a_case_of_COVID19_inside_the_school	Proportion_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_in_open_schools_self_isolating_and_cannot_teach_remotely_due_to_potential_contact_with_a_case_of_COVID19_inside_the_school	Number_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_in_open_schools_self_isolating_and_cannot_teach_remotely_due_to_potential_contact_with_a_case_of_COVID19_outside_the_school	Proportion_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_in_open_schools_self_isolating_and_cannot_teach_remotely_due_to_potential_contact_with_a_case_of_COVID19_outside_the_school	Number_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_who_cannot_teach_on_site_or_remotely_in_open_schools_due_to_non_COVID_reasons	Proportion_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_who_cannot_teach_on_site_or_remotely_in_open_schools_due_to_non_COVID_reasons	Number_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_who_cannot_teach_on_site_or_remotely_in_open_schools	Proportion_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_who_cannot_teach_on_site_or_remotely_in_open_schools	Number_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_attending_on_site_in_open_schools	Number_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_on_roll_in_open_schools	Proportion_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_attending_on_site_in_open_schools	Number_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_on_roll_in_closed_schools	Number_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_who_cannot_teach_on_site_or_remotely_in_open_schools_due_to_a_suspected_case_of_COVID19	Proportion_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_who_cannot_teach_on_site_or_remotely_in_open_schools_due_to_a_suspected_case_of_COVID19	Number_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_who_cannot_teach_on_site_or_remotely_in_open_schools_due_to_a_confirmed_case_of_COVID19	Proportion_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_who_cannot_teach_on_site_or_remotely_in_open_schools_due_to_a_confirmed_case_of_COVID19	Number_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_in_open_schools_self_isolating_and_cannot_teach_remotely_due_to_potential_contact_with_a_case_of_COVID19_inside_the_school	Proportion_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_in_open_schools_self_isolating_and_cannot_teach_remotely_due_to_potential_contact_with_a_case_of_COVID19_inside_the_school	Number_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_in_open_schools_self_isolating_and_cannot_teach_remotely_due_to_potential_contact_with_a_case_of_COVID19_outside_the_school	Proportion_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_in_open_schools_self_isolating_and_cannot_teach_remotely_due_to_potential_contact_with_a_case_of_COVID19_outside_the_school	Number_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_who_cannot_teach_on_site_or_remotely_in_open_schools_due_to_non_COVID_reasons	Proportion_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_who_cannot_teach_on_site_or_remotely_in_open_schools_due_to_non_COVID_reasons	Number_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_who_cannot_teach_on_site_or_remotely_in_open_schools	Proportion_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_who_cannot_teach_on_site_or_remotely_in_open_schools
2021	Week 2	National	E92000001	England	11/01/2021	State-funded alternative provision	3083	5294	58.2	115	21	0.4	84	1.6	73	1.4	72	1.4	388	7.3	638	12	3511	6235	56.3	147	28	0.5	97	1.6	73	1.2	79	1.3	450	7.2	728	11.7
2021	Week 2	National	E92000001	England	11/01/2021	State-funded primary	132814	261478	50.8	1371	794	0.3	2525	1	2209	0.8	2080	0.8	13119	5	20726	7.9	258370	446246	57.9	2296	1486	0.3	4938	1.1	4230	0.9	5256	1.2	26879	6	42788	9.6
2021	Week 2	National	E92000001	England	11/01/2021	State-funded secondary	60993	237080	25.7	1120	386	0.2	1760	0.7	485	0.2	1328	0.6	5339	2.3	9298	3.9	68379	196285	34.8	1005	330	0.2	1449	0.7	479	0.2	1434	0.7	5131	2.6	8823	4.5
2021	Week 2	National	E92000001	England	11/01/2021	State-funded special	14330	22320	64.2	575	83	0.4	284	1.3	248	1.1	308	1.4	1564	7	2486	11.1	40656	68455	59.4	1515	257	0.4	951	1.4	766	1.1	1228	1.8	6099	8.9	9301	13.6
2021	Week 2	National	E92000001	England	11/01/2021	State-funded schools	211220	526172	40.1	3180	1284	0.2	4653	0.9	3015	0.6	3788	0.7	20409	3.9	33149	6.3	370916	717222	51.7	4964	2101	0.3	7434	1	5549	0.8	7997	1.1	38559	5.4	61639	8.6

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 34 variables
Variable name	Variable description
date	Date
Number_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_attending_on_site_in_open_schools	Number of teachers and school leaders attending on site in open schools
Number_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_in_open_schools_self_isolating_and_cannot_teach_remotely_due_to_potential_contact_with_a_case_of_COVID19_inside_the_school	Number of teachers and school leaders in open schools self isolating and cannot teach remotely due to potential contact with a case of COVID19 inside the school
Number_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_in_open_schools_self_isolating_and_cannot_teach_remotely_due_to_potential_contact_with_a_case_of_COVID19_outside_the_school	Number of teachers and school leaders in open schools self isolating and cannot teach remotely due to potential contact with a case of COVID19 outside the school
Number_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_on_roll_in_closed_schools	Number of teachers and school leaders on roll in closed schools

Footnotes

Absence rates for teaching assistants and other staff are likely to be less robust as more work part-time. There are likely to be inconsistencies in how schools treat part time staff in their reported data, for example some may update their on roll numbers daily to account for part-time staff ‘expected’ to be on-site and others may not.
All national level figures are adjusted for non-response. Regional and local authority level figures are based on responding schools only. See accompanying document for full methodology.
From 5 January 2021, schools were asked to provide remote education for the majority of pupils which enabled many staff to work remotely. Therefore data on reasons for workforce absence are collected where staff are unable to teach on-site or remotely from 11 January 2021. This means that staff who have a confirmed or suspected case of coronavirus or who are self-isolating but can work remotely are not included in these figures. In the 2020/21 autumn term, when schools were asked to open for all pupils, data on reasons for workforce absence were collected for all staff unable to work on-site. Therefore, figures from 11 January 2021 are not comparable to data on workforce absence collected in the autumn term.
On-site testing for staff was available from 4 January to 5 March 2021. All staff are now encouraged to take two rapid COVID-19 tests each week at home. For staff classified as clinically extremely vulnerable, on-site attendance at work is not mandatory. Rates of confirmed cases and self-isolation among workforce may be impacted by levels of testing.
Staff in schools with higher levels of pupil attendance may be less able to work remotely. Teaching assistants and other staff include staff who are essential to the running of schools such as administrative, catering, cleaning and maintenance staff, midday supervisors and technicians. These roles may be more difficult to carry out remotely, which may explain why these staff have both higher rates of on-site attendance and higher rates of staff unable to work on-site or remotely in primary and secondary schools.

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Table 1E - Daily workforce absence in education settings during the COVID-19 outbreak (Spring lockdown - 11 January to 5 March 2021)

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