Permanent data table

'Teacher absences' from 'School workforce in England'

• Created: 25 January 2023

WARNING - The data used in this table may now be out-of-date as a new release has been published since its creation.

'Teacher absences' in Barking and Dagenham, Barnet, Barnsley, Bath and North East Somerset, Bedford and 149 other locations between 2014/15 and 2020/21

			2014/15	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21
North East	County Durham	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	27,280	26,673	24,755	25,104	21,661	x	17,117
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	2,346	2,180	2,111	2,077	2,165	x	1,501
	Darlington	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	4,821	4,209	3,506	2,967	3,101	x	3,929
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	525	384	488	390	475	x	439
	Gateshead	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	7,174	7,067	6,949	6,226	4,685	x	4,237
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	819	834	848	754	707	x	552
	Hartlepool	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	3,299	3,592	4,399	3,959	4,964	x	3,815
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	478	473	514	507	505	x	362
	Middlesbrough	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	6,409	5,623	4,755	3,518	6,812	x	6,481
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	722	586	567	426	796	x	697
	Newcastle upon Tyne	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	8,460	7,685	8,045	10,549	11,278	x	9,454
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,107	1,109	1,041	1,302	1,269	x	1,039
	North Tyneside	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	7,313	7,171	6,965	6,807	6,360	x	6,584
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,025	935	946	901	923	x	699
	Northumberland	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	10,422	18,517	14,057	16,357	13,356	x	11,657
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,257	1,497	1,328	1,429	1,327	x	1,100
	Redcar and Cleveland	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	5,773	4,563	4,873	5,174	4,814	x	4,588
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	596	601	606	624	549	x	377
	South Tyneside	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	6,692	5,729	5,549	3,978	6,507	x	5,535
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	740	625	624	573	754	x	560
	Stockton-on-Tees	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	6,458	6,933	6,333	5,813	6,264	x	5,812
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	806	749	831	785	809	x	592
	Sunderland	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	13,347	12,035	11,150	11,378	11,556	x	11,887
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,404	1,336	1,153	1,148	1,183	x	1,041
North West	Blackburn with Darwen	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	4,935	6,023	6,176	7,733	7,505	x	6,655
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	629	771	745	840	798	x	705
	Blackpool	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	6,730	4,348	5,908	4,902	5,139	x	5,268
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	603	553	649	625	579	x	513
	Bolton	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	11,350	11,781	10,071	9,319	11,020	x	13,254
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,505	1,566	1,356	1,349	1,469	x	1,406
	Bury	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	10,399	10,676	10,506	8,673	10,023	x	7,794
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,011	1,114	1,032	947	922	x	677
	Cheshire East	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	12,643	9,458	10,626	10,222	10,944	x	11,807
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,663	1,495	1,501	1,614	1,556	x	1,460
	Cheshire West and Chester	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	10,381	12,148	11,201	9,100	12,486	x	12,833
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,491	1,612	1,630	1,313	1,565	x	1,543
	Cumbria	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	15,603	17,878	18,398	16,411	16,602	x	13,788
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	2,149	2,097	2,167	2,038	1,995	x	1,607
	Halton	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	5,665	6,232	6,026	5,555	5,696	x	4,461
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	609	703	668	679	613	x	495
	Knowsley	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	7,706	6,026	6,298	6,156	6,672	x	5,138
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	760	708	702	660	634	x	492
	Lancashire	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	49,539	48,487	44,362	46,434	45,558	x	43,931
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	5,715	5,613	5,518	5,412	5,308	x	4,562
	Liverpool	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	20,933	19,802	19,350	18,013	19,235	x	18,649
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	2,355	2,249	2,166	1,998	2,146	x	1,724
	Manchester	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	21,422	23,837	22,141	24,151	26,245	x	24,243
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	2,905	3,001	3,034	3,291	3,261	x	2,803
	Oldham	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	8,132	8,828	10,136	11,570	12,739	x	12,727
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,013	1,072	1,059	1,122	1,282	x	1,198
	Rochdale	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	10,711	10,781	10,362	10,506	10,578	x	9,882
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,150	1,111	1,124	1,127	1,103	x	814
	Salford	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	9,291	9,160	7,852	7,087	6,801	x	9,379
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,085	1,083	1,098	1,006	971	x	912
	Sefton	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	12,655	13,135	13,616	11,994	12,935	x	11,828
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,428	1,541	1,408	1,332	1,276	x	1,053
	St. Helens	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	8,110	7,813	7,112	7,824	7,886	x	7,049
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	702	767	703	724	756	x	582
	Stockport	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	11,671	10,689	10,420	12,212	10,477	x	7,716
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,395	1,334	1,350	1,381	1,361	x	967
	Tameside	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	8,950	8,738	6,812	8,932	9,237	x	6,739
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,236	1,155	1,081	1,121	1,236	x	841
	Trafford	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	8,497	7,066	8,094	8,404	7,923	x	7,544
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,115	1,028	1,157	1,178	1,127	x	968
	Warrington	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	9,461	8,926	7,231	8,626	7,804	x	7,363
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,134	1,134	1,008	1,070	1,028	x	772
	Wigan	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	12,063	9,624	9,424	9,563	9,329	x	11,820
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,527	1,555	1,464	1,499	1,496	x	1,276
	Wirral	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	16,409	14,544	14,146	13,876	14,945	x	17,094
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,891	1,734	1,685	1,715	1,653	x	1,589
Yorkshire and The Humber	Barnsley	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	8,429	8,389	7,330	7,526	7,210	x	7,333
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	966	965	908	918	806	x	777
	Bradford	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	32,999	27,645	26,977	26,985	27,297	x	32,106
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	3,789	3,324	3,089	3,356	3,349	x	3,162
	Calderdale	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	11,251	8,120	11,617	9,325	10,077	x	9,464
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,142	1,105	1,346	1,127	1,140	x	968
	Doncaster	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	13,551	12,352	11,558	12,578	12,175	x	12,349
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,668	1,574	1,441	1,477	1,469	x	1,269
	East Riding of Yorkshire	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	13,135	11,052	10,520	10,620	10,848	x	9,933
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,527	1,438	1,315	1,245	1,284	x	1,127
	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	9,097	7,664	7,992	8,002	9,548	x	11,777
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,088	998	974	1,106	1,363	x	1,339
	Kirklees	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	26,996	24,148	27,505	23,767	25,566	x	19,037
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	2,487	2,511	2,580	2,375	2,348	x	1,848
	Leeds	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	19,724	21,660	22,169	24,624	27,424	x	25,387
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	2,707	2,871	3,021	3,100	3,491	x	2,709
	North East Lincolnshire	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	6,512	5,530	6,776	6,325	5,492	x	4,562
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	836	791	813	817	751	x	598
	North Lincolnshire	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	6,200	6,287	6,949	6,855	7,104	x	6,202
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	804	832	810	832	863	x	684
	North Yorkshire	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	24,235	24,633	32,588	25,355	24,635	x	25,130
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	2,643	2,455	2,633	2,199	2,219	x	2,407
	Rotherham	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	10,477	8,467	10,124	9,384	9,421	x	9,683
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,426	1,290	1,305	1,329	1,285	x	1,071
	Sheffield	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	23,445	20,114	22,472	19,609	21,960	x	23,266
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	2,668	2,705	2,689	2,579	2,669	x	2,492
	Wakefield	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	15,316	14,761	14,524	11,470	14,516	x	16,363
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,651	1,650	1,586	1,268	1,512	x	1,395
	York	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	6,198	6,720	4,894	5,289	6,019	x	6,270
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	886	781	729	665	756	x	691
East Midlands	Derby	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	14,972	13,804	10,921	10,748	11,491	x	11,508
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,404	1,386	1,205	1,138	1,297	x	1,088
	Derbyshire	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	37,256	37,261	36,248	30,196	32,259	x	30,743
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	3,939	3,811	3,731	3,325	3,378	x	2,889
	Leicester	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	16,782	15,260	13,355	13,182	15,708	x	15,655
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,952	1,873	1,880	1,770	1,974	x	1,819
	Leicestershire	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	22,254	22,363	20,714	23,578	24,761	x	24,423
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	3,123	3,291	3,183	3,279	3,320	x	2,969
	Lincolnshire	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	32,082	28,453	32,157	30,992	31,544	x	28,113
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	3,476	3,273	3,526	3,467	3,467	x	2,775
	Northamptonshire	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	28,616	30,745	30,076	33,598	30,456	x	no data
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	3,597	3,955	3,899	4,016	3,865	x	no data
	Nottingham	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	12,831	13,038	14,485	13,903	11,534	x	13,331
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,562	1,718	1,608	1,550	1,460	x	1,237
	Nottinghamshire	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	29,857	27,042	26,261	25,941	26,408	x	29,510
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	3,951	3,762	3,740	3,596	3,929	x	3,474
	Rutland	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	1,119	1,289	1,450	1,483	1,599	x	862
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	211	184	213	204	200	x	155
West Midlands	Birmingham	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	63,532	63,637	60,232	62,747	59,536	x	63,654
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	7,505	7,273	7,042	7,434	7,046	x	6,058
	Coventry	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	14,173	16,014	15,536	16,693	16,169	x	15,977
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	2,000	2,098	2,070	2,024	1,982	x	1,699
	Dudley	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	13,948	13,079	11,157	11,661	10,810	x	9,231
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,626	1,587	1,276	1,337	1,384	x	1,077
	Herefordshire, County of	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	5,699	6,693	6,703	7,664	6,859	x	5,420
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	909	902	873	876	875	x	690
	Sandwell	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	17,135	16,886	16,426	15,242	16,305	x	13,992
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	2,066	2,025	2,177	1,990	2,059	x	1,540
	Shropshire	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	12,720	13,429	11,853	11,621	11,133	x	11,026
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,369	1,387	1,279	1,319	1,221	x	1,183
	Solihull	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	11,200	9,284	9,463	8,144	11,858	x	10,592
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,268	1,237	1,210	1,222	1,403	x	1,115
	Staffordshire	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	32,683	29,307	18,382	19,371	23,588	x	23,650
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	3,685	3,090	2,505	2,670	3,085	x	2,593
	Stoke-on-Trent	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	10,881	10,060	7,985	8,420	8,775	x	7,431
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,135	1,113	989	1,058	1,114	x	856
	Telford and Wrekin	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	5,798	7,543	7,201	6,444	8,167	x	6,766
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	791	825	954	860	963	x	844
	Walsall	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	21,041	13,850	13,018	15,289	15,665	x	12,479
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,684	1,650	1,738	1,770	1,820	x	1,283
	Warwickshire	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	21,300	20,755	20,163	18,748	21,066	x	18,662
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	2,661	2,818	2,762	2,817	2,864	x	2,298
	Wolverhampton	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	13,043	12,652	12,011	12,390	13,580	x	11,325
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,504	1,597	1,494	1,607	1,686	x	1,292
	Worcestershire	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	25,704	25,350	17,858	20,477	18,249	x	18,034
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	3,086	3,034	2,462	2,827	2,669	x	2,142
East of England	Bedford	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	6,887	7,421	5,666	6,566	7,626	x	6,217
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	985	1,026	894	989	959	x	815
	Cambridgeshire	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	20,659	20,087	19,145	19,354	20,748	x	21,419
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	2,897	2,947	2,942	2,733	2,910	x	2,613
	Central Bedfordshire	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	12,901	11,036	11,054	12,096	13,009	x	11,512
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,605	1,544	1,502	1,656	1,600	x	1,406
	Essex	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	44,412	45,739	45,469	45,767	50,575	x	44,350
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	6,785	6,822	6,810	6,721	7,034	x	5,554
	Hertfordshire	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	41,245	41,466	40,904	39,834	41,357	x	38,555
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	6,835	6,680	6,688	6,687	6,592	x	5,383
	Luton	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	10,023	8,715	9,668	9,535	10,727	x	9,392
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,312	1,313	1,354	1,282	1,358	x	1,154
	Norfolk	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	29,095	31,264	27,246	28,602	33,169	x	31,334
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	3,952	4,213	3,844	3,997	4,419	x	3,609
	Peterborough	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	9,332	11,058	11,849	11,538	11,473	x	11,390
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,319	1,402	1,388	1,304	1,438	x	1,266
	Southend-on-Sea	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	7,650	6,851	6,564	7,068	7,848	x	6,660
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,046	951	890	1,086	1,103	x	928
	Suffolk	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	22,036	23,328	22,223	23,122	22,179	x	20,066
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	3,137	3,286	3,357	3,396	3,294	x	2,883
	Thurrock	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	6,033	5,894	6,045	6,430	4,750	x	6,505
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	819	899	873	1,007	852	x	845
South East	Bracknell Forest	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	5,252	4,509	5,184	5,076	4,848	x	4,586
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	738	692	721	697	669	x	581
	Brighton and Hove	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	9,389	11,152	10,727	9,015	9,863	x	11,517
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,452	1,540	1,525	1,418	1,417	x	1,291
	Buckinghamshire	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	17,827	18,628	18,699	16,167	18,360	x	18,195
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	2,757	2,840	2,902	2,713	2,840	x	2,481
	East Sussex	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	17,506	16,561	18,450	15,741	16,623	x	16,065
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	2,627	2,579	2,546	2,434	2,457	x	2,048
	Hampshire	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	49,097	46,321	47,708	48,061	46,504	x	41,051
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	6,189	5,921	6,009	6,138	6,019	x	4,771
	Isle of Wight	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	4,853	4,703	5,263	4,672	5,135	x	3,126
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	577	666	631	615	636	x	384
	Kent	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	58,980	58,901	54,133	56,765	59,221	x	51,637
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	8,273	8,402	8,194	7,983	8,360	x	6,838
	Medway	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	12,132	12,434	11,267	10,210	10,488	x	12,541
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,658	1,744	1,675	1,550	1,646	x	1,520
	Milton Keynes	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	13,087	11,354	10,859	10,773	11,646	x	11,045
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,809	1,723	1,581	1,676	1,711	x	1,422
	Oxfordshire	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	21,011	19,159	19,353	19,353	19,774	x	17,240
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	3,081	3,036	3,066	3,148	3,163	x	2,512
	Portsmouth	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	6,625	7,208	6,194	6,824	6,794	x	7,177
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	797	858	767	831	906	x	806
	Reading	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	6,605	6,267	6,510	6,098	6,662	x	5,895
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	881	877	905	873	907	x	775
	Slough	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	8,639	8,362	8,007	7,462	8,514	x	8,873
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,098	1,122	1,138	1,206	1,198	x	1,097
	Southampton	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	8,231	9,496	8,278	9,129	9,663	x	9,836
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,263	1,302	1,263	1,236	1,332	x	1,071
	Surrey	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	28,760	27,252	26,013	27,948	30,547	x	28,934
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	4,649	4,696	4,497	4,776	4,827	x	4,023
	West Berkshire	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	7,210	7,048	6,786	7,602	7,515	x	7,423
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,123	1,119	1,042	1,109	1,079	x	866
	West Sussex	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	28,549	27,497	26,657	29,944	27,952	x	23,762
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	4,397	4,256	4,228	4,394	4,313	x	3,377
	Windsor and Maidenhead	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	3,955	4,014	4,537	4,585	4,091	x	4,227
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	625	658	764	743	700	x	638
	Wokingham	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	6,536	6,356	5,598	5,711	5,151	x	4,383
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	945	950	849	851	909	x	669
South West	Bath and North East Somerset	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	6,528	6,367	6,796	6,326	6,551	x	5,750
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,041	968	992	943	976	x	856
	Bournemouth	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	6,742	6,517	7,261	6,667	no data	no data	no data
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	836	777	899	896	no data	no data	no data
	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	no data	no data	no data	no data	13,782	x	12,267
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	no data	no data	no data	no data	1,832	x	1,532
	Bristol, City of	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	15,046	19,017	16,374	16,669	14,955	x	16,753
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	2,186	2,459	2,305	2,268	2,173	x	1,979
	Cornwall	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	20,189	17,105	17,171	19,517	20,295	x	18,521
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	2,555	2,313	2,274	2,481	2,515	x	2,116
	Devon	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	24,478	24,967	25,234	23,850	24,676	x	22,766
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	3,675	3,599	3,786	3,357	3,630	x	2,941
	Dorset (E06000059)	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	14,558	14,790	13,419	13,644	10,964	x	10,148
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,948	2,076	2,034	1,892	1,569	x	1,338
	Dorset (E10000009)	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	14,558	14,790	13,419	13,644	10,964	x	10,148
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,948	2,076	2,034	1,892	1,569	x	1,338
	Gloucestershire	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	21,392	21,384	19,459	19,006	21,557	x	18,777
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	3,208	3,180	3,070	2,923	2,997	x	2,420
	Isles Of Scilly	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	65	234	198	426	no data	no data	150
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	2	20	25	23	no data	no data	15
	North Somerset	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	7,341	7,014	6,047	5,815	6,802	x	7,505
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,088	953	785	789	945	x	925
	Plymouth	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	13,648	11,822	11,346	13,533	14,949	x	9,956
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,731	1,424	1,387	1,524	1,617	x	1,262
	Poole	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	5,367	5,694	4,703	5,821	no data	no data	no data
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	625	654	650	714	no data	no data	no data
	Somerset	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	20,309	19,788	19,881	19,585	20,360	x	17,201
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	2,785	2,664	2,664	2,526	2,550	x	2,046
	South Gloucestershire	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	9,218	9,491	9,439	7,620	9,169	x	9,140
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,334	1,462	1,360	1,186	1,370	x	1,154
	Swindon	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	7,881	7,401	6,725	5,953	7,646	x	8,197
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,166	1,108	1,078	968	1,070	x	903
	Torbay	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	5,497	6,201	5,923	5,073	5,475	x	4,572
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	710	746	794	716	763	x	583
	Wiltshire	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	14,765	15,994	16,287	16,624	16,716	x	13,860
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	2,294	2,354	2,403	2,304	2,548	x	1,935
Inner London	Camden	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	6,961	7,551	5,589	6,090	6,172	x	4,656
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,123	1,092	938	1,007	977	x	753
	City of London	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	49	41	18	41	54	x	20
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	7	10	8	7	11	x	4
	Hackney	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	9,971	8,680	10,709	9,313	9,436	x	13,037
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,551	1,594	1,649	1,487	1,421	x	1,493
	Hammersmith and Fulham	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	4,455	4,057	4,683	4,719	4,992	x	4,163
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	830	743	766	852	840	x	645
	Haringey	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	9,263	10,641	8,852	8,084	9,330	x	11,191
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,342	1,477	1,348	1,290	1,412	x	1,227
	Islington	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	7,565	6,649	7,827	6,431	6,895	x	6,243
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,114	1,111	1,045	959	1,066	x	881
	Kensington and Chelsea	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	1,590	2,597	2,811	3,113	2,525	x	2,647
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	353	528	564	554	563	x	438
	Lambeth	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	8,128	8,897	7,175	8,701	8,632	x	10,916
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,442	1,493	1,376	1,461	1,468	x	1,355
	Lewisham	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	10,908	10,485	10,947	12,303	11,374	x	11,309
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,539	1,585	1,681	1,590	1,582	x	1,304
	Newham	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	15,881	15,407	14,444	12,258	16,719	x	17,797
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	2,278	2,332	2,194	1,932	2,494	x	2,370
	Southwark	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	9,291	9,452	9,354	12,291	11,013	x	12,205
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,537	1,607	1,704	1,730	1,752	x	1,681
	Tower Hamlets	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	13,846	13,628	13,642	13,955	14,084	x	17,367
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	2,191	2,144	2,070	2,141	2,211	x	1,966
	Wandsworth	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	8,136	8,258	8,270	8,110	7,980	x	9,097
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,363	1,508	1,452	1,388	1,399	x	1,274
	Westminster	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	5,755	5,613	5,357	5,534	4,524	x	5,354
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,058	930	918	935	885	x	790
Outer London	Barking and Dagenham	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	7,731	9,535	8,775	10,357	11,910	x	14,641
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,090	1,342	1,343	1,475	1,539	x	1,479
	Barnet	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	12,995	12,153	13,596	12,110	12,933	x	13,239
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	2,121	2,162	2,120	2,109	2,135	x	1,914
	Bexley	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	11,271	11,021	10,399	9,493	7,931	x	9,709
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,576	1,471	1,434	1,288	1,281	x	1,112
	Brent	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	12,048	11,754	12,965	10,716	11,298	x	11,901
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,820	1,767	1,943	1,874	1,807	x	1,591
	Bromley	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	9,045	8,371	9,151	9,193	10,317	x	11,175
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,468	1,457	1,624	1,701	1,843	x	1,568
	Croydon	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	10,627	11,466	10,821	13,087	12,925	x	13,681
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,730	1,830	1,732	1,912	1,936	x	1,680
	Ealing	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	11,646	11,951	11,290	12,081	12,498	x	9,595
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,854	1,837	1,847	1,777	1,886	x	1,441
	Enfield	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	15,305	13,568	14,301	13,121	14,981	x	16,765
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	2,217	2,107	2,212	2,018	2,138	x	2,113
	Greenwich	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	10,147	9,230	9,129	9,398	9,650	x	11,492
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,477	1,484	1,325	1,432	1,482	x	1,433
	Harrow	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	9,587	10,611	9,428	9,544	8,480	x	8,877
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,435	1,535	1,476	1,582	1,455	x	1,321
	Havering	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	11,067	10,307	9,513	9,783	11,020	x	9,770
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,573	1,464	1,366	1,367	1,493	x	1,157
	Hillingdon	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	10,679	10,604	10,765	11,604	11,761	x	12,447
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,809	1,906	1,833	1,824	1,922	x	1,573
	Hounslow	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	8,994	9,680	10,019	9,286	9,497	x	10,601
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,543	1,544	1,559	1,478	1,563	x	1,435
	Kingston upon Thames	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	5,443	4,724	4,971	4,972	5,439	x	5,635
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	871	795	893	903	913	x	796
	Merton	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	5,551	5,849	6,712	5,759	6,434	x	6,164
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,075	943	1,043	981	976	x	881
	Redbridge	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	13,938	12,046	13,382	13,536	12,593	x	13,170
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	2,139	1,978	1,953	2,079	2,143	x	1,665
	Richmond upon Thames	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	5,625	5,261	4,577	4,880	5,269	x	4,601
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	898	848	897	918	927	x	694
	Sutton	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	7,165	6,620	7,356	7,276	8,281	x	8,698
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,281	1,292	1,283	1,340	1,361	x	1,236
	Waltham Forest	Total number of working days lost to sickness absence	11,672	10,813	11,007	11,426	10,922	x	13,394
		Total teachers taking sickness absence	1,733	1,619	1,684	1,689	1,599	x	1,466

Source: School workforce in England, Teacher absences

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