Teacher sickness absence
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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 2019
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Regional
- Indicators
- Average number of Days - all teachers
- Average number of days taken
- Percentage taking absence
- Time period
- 2014/15 to 2018/19
Data set preview
time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | old_la_code | new_la_code | la_name | laestab | urn | TotalTeachersTakingAbsence | PercentageTakingAbsence | TotalNumberDaysLost | AverageNumberDaysTaken | AverageNumberDays-Allteachers |
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201415 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | 292048 | 55.7 | 2216198 | 7.6 | 4.2 | |||||||
201516 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | 289344 | 54.5 | 2158297 | 7.5 | 4.1 | |||||||
201617 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | 290127 | 54.8 | 2139864 | 7.4 | 4.1 | |||||||
201718 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | 274076 | 54.4 | 2025231 | 7.4 | 4 | |||||||
201819 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | 284146 | 54 | 2133253 | 7.5 | 4.1 |
Variables in this data set
Variable name | Variable description |
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AverageNumberDays-Allteachers | Average number of Days - all teachers |
AverageNumberDaysTaken | Average number of days taken |
PercentageTakingAbsence | Percentage taking absence |
TotalNumberDaysLost | Total Number of Days lost |
TotalTeachersTakingAbsence | Total teachers taking absence |
Footnotes
- Before using this data, please check the methodology section for important information such as definitions, limitations and caveats.
- The total teachers taking sickness absence and total days taken are estimates based on the schools that were able to make a full absence return. They are only available for England as a whole and not by region, local authority or school. For further details please see the methodology document.
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