Table 1D - Daily workforce absence in education during the COVID-19 outbreak (12 October to 17 December, 8 March to 26 March 2021)
Not the latest data
Published
Last updated
This file contains workforce absence statistics for education settings from 12 October 2020 to 17 December 2020 and again following wider reopening of schools, from 8 March 2021 to 25 March 2021. It excludes half term terms (19th October - 23rd October, and 2nd November 2020), the national lockdown during the spring term (4 January to 5 March 2021), and Easter data (29 March - 9 April 2021). Data for workforce during the restricted opening of schools can be found in table 1e.
Data is in this file has been scaled to account for non-response so it is nationally representative.
On this page
Data set details
- Theme
- COVID-19
- Publication
- Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
- Release
- Week 16 2021
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Number of teachers and school leaders absent for other reasons
- Number of teachers and school leaders absent with a confirmed case of covid-19
- Number of teachers and school leaders absent with a suspected case of covid-19
- Filters
- Date
- Phase of education
- Time period
- 2020 Week 42 to 2021 Week 12
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | date | phase | response_rate | number_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_on_roll | number_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_on_roll_in_open_settings | number_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_absent_with_a_suspected_case_of_covid_19 | proportion_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_absent_with_a_suspected_case_of_covid_19 | number_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_absent_with_a_confirmed_case_of_covid_19 | proportion_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_absent_with_a_confirmed_case_of_covid_19 | number_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_isolating_due_to_contact_in_school | proportion_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_isolating_due_to_contact_in_school | number_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_isolating_due_to_contact_outside_school | proportion_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_isolating_due_to_contact_outside_school | proportion_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_absent_for_covid19_reasons | number_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_absent_for_other_reasons | proportion_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_absent_for_other_reasons | number_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_on_roll | number_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_on_roll_in_open_settings | number_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_absent_with_a_suspected_case_of_covid_19 | proportion_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_absent_with_a_suspected_case_of_covid_19 | number_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_absent_with_a_confirmed_case_of_covid_19 | proportion_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_absent_with_a_confirmed_case_of_covid_19 | number_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_isolating_due_to_contact_in_school | proportion_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_isolating_due_to_contact_in_school | number_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_isolating_due_to_contact_outside_school | proportion_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_isolating_due_to_contact_outside_school | proportion_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_absent_for_covid19_reasons | number_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_absent_for_other_reasons | proportion_of_teaching_assistants_and_other_staff_absent_for_other_reasons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Week 42 | National | E92000001 | England | 12/10/2020 | State-funded alternative provision | - | 5054 | - | 26 | 0.5 | 12 | 0.2 | 84 | 1.7 | 60 | 1.2 | 3.6 | 239 | 4.7 | 6099 | - | 42 | 0.7 | 24 | 0.4 | 51 | 0.8 | 75 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 207 | 3.4 |
| 2020 | Week 42 | National | E92000001 | England | 12/10/2020 | State-funded special | - | 21918 | - | 150 | 0.7 | 134 | 0.6 | 530 | 2.4 | 215 | 1 | 4.7 | 963 | 4.4 | 65097 | - | 287 | 0.4 | 259 | 0.4 | 1514 | 2.3 | 621 | 1 | 4.1 | 2780 | 4.3 |
| 2020 | Week 42 | National | E92000001 | England | 12/10/2020 | All state-funded schools | - | 480654 | - | 2572 | 0.5 | 2040 | 0.4 | 5758 | 1.2 | 4669 | 1 | 3.1 | 16562 | 3.4 | 653091 | - | 2248 | 0.3 | 2188 | 0.3 | 7364 | 1.1 | 4913 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 18392 | 2.8 |
| 2020 | Week 42 | National | E92000001 | England | 12/10/2020 | State-funded primary | - | 240218 | - | 1014 | 0.4 | 991 | 0.4 | 3351 | 1.4 | 2277 | 0.9 | 3.2 | 7686 | 3.2 | 409371 | - | 1398 | 0.3 | 1443 | 0.4 | 4847 | 1.2 | 3127 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 11449 | 2.8 |
| 2020 | Week 42 | National | E92000001 | England | 12/10/2020 | State-funded secondary | - | 213465 | - | 1382 | 0.6 | 901 | 0.4 | 1793 | 0.8 | 2116 | 1 | 2.9 | 7674 | 3.6 | 172523 | - | 521 | 0.3 | 462 | 0.3 | 953 | 0.6 | 1091 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 3955 | 2.3 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| date | Date |
| number_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_absent_for_other_reasons | Number of teachers and school leaders absent for other reasons |
| number_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_absent_with_a_confirmed_case_of_covid_19 | Number of teachers and school leaders absent with a confirmed case of covid-19 |
| number_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_absent_with_a_suspected_case_of_covid_19 | Number of teachers and school leaders absent with a suspected case of covid-19 |
| number_of_teachers_and_school_leaders_isolating_due_to_contact_in_school | Number of teachers and school leaders isolating due to contact in school |
Footnotes
- 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.
- The purpose of this data collection is primarily to understand attendance and teacher availability. This data is reported directly by schools via DfE's daily education settings survey. It is not the primary source of data on infection, incidence and COVID-19 cases overall.
- Figures for independent schools are unlikely to be representative. We looked at a sample of non-responding school websites across different phases to assess whether they were open to children of key workers and vulnerable children. This was to enable us to assess whether non-responding schools were as likely to be open as the responding schools. For independent schools, we found evidence that non-responding schools were more likely to be closed than responding schools. Open rates and attendance rates for independent schools are likely to be lower than reported here.
- 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.
- COVID-19 related reasons include a confirmed or suspected case of coronavirus and self-isolation due to potential contact with a case of coronavirus. Staff that are shielding would not be included in these figures.
Using this data
Download the underlying data as a compressed ZIP file
View or create your own tables
View tables that we have built for you, or create your own tables from open data using our table tool
Download this data using code
Access this data using common programming languages using the URL below.