Data set from School workforce in England

Teacher sickness absence

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Published 25 June 2020

Last updated 25 June 2020

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
• 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

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

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
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

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 5 variables

Variable name	Variable description
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

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Footnotes

1. Before using this data, please check the methodology section for important information such as definitions, limitations and caveats.
2. 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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