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Data Provider: Welsh Government Management Information Teacher Sickness Absence Duration

Sickness absence of teachers in maintained schools, (1 January - 31 December)

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Year<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Calendar year <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> [Filtered]
Measure2
Variable[Filtered]
[Collapse]Type Teacher working pattern<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> [Filter]
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Type 1
[Collapse]Area Local Authorities in Wales<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> [Filter]
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Area 1
[Expand]Click here to sortTotal days of sick leave[Collapse]Number of sick leave days for periods lasting: 5 days or less[Collapse]Number of sick leave days for periods lasting: 6 to 20 days[Collapse]Number of sick leave days for periods lasting: More than 20 days[Collapse]Unknown period length
[Collapse]Total[Collapse]Total[Collapse]Total[Collapse]Total
Click here to sortPart-timeClick here to sortFull-timeClick here to sortPart-timeClick here to sortFull-timeClick here to sortPart-timeClick here to sortFull-timeClick here to sortPart-timeClick here to sortFull-time
[Collapse]All Welsh local authorities145,5215,11422,9235,30119,02317,26071,7546873,460
All Welsh local authoritiesIsle of Anglesey3,5221385751473451052,150..|The data item is not available62
Gwynedd6,2712849862387341,0283,001..|The data item is not available..|The data item is not available
Conwy5,3112841,0331846286112,500566
Denbighshire4,098149961814952092,04624133
Flintshire8,8813351,1392388441,3744,951..|The data item is not available..|The data item is not available
Wrexham5,850179821999066223,223..|The data item is not available..|The data item is not available
Powys4,9561815363597375352,608..|The data item is not available..|The data item is not available
Ceredigion2,1392355311582043395644266
Pembrokeshire5,3552401,0162026605672,52937104
Carmarthenshire8,7122481,3202177175965,29720297
Swansea11,0575111,8263681,3002,0664,002124860
Neath Port Talbot7,2501291,2181046444453,95029731
Bridgend7,7321549971446879474,803..|The data item is not available..|The data item is not available
Vale of Glamorgan6,2501457801998071,2983,021..|The data item is not available..|The data item is not available
Cardiff19,8187512,5508332,5473,7158,153305964
Rhondda Cynon Taf11,4051212,2465862,4538045,195..|The data item is not available..|The data item is not available
Merthyr Tydfil2,21295316594411311,0732572
Caerphilly7,6853151,3304281,3395733,700..|The data item is not available..|The data item is not available
Blaenau Gwent3,64966404543684432,13376105
Torfaen3,8641747301567962761,732..|The data item is not available..|The data item is not available
Monmouthshire2,7671304911234252931,305..|The data item is not available..|The data item is not available
Newport6,7372501,1173249462823,818..|The data item is not available..|The data item is not available

Metadata

General description

The data covers the sickness absence (including unpaid absence) of qualified and unqualified teachers with permanent contracts or contracts of more than 1 month, during the previous calendar year.

Data collection and calculation

This information is collected directly from the local authorities in January each year.
The percentage of teachers taking a period of sickness absence has been calculated using data from the Pupil Level Annual School Census (PLASC).



Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

From 2015 onwards.

Rounding applied

None

Revisions information

Revised 9th September 2021 due to updated figures provided by Vale of Glamorgan for 2018.

Title

Teachers sickness absence

Last update

September 2021 September 2021

Next update

July 2022

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Teacher sickness absence annual returns, Welsh Government

Source 2

Pupil Level Annual School Census (PLASC), Welsh Government

Contact email

EducationWorkforceData@gov.wales

Designation

Management information

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Local authorities

Geographical coverage

Wales

Languages covered

English and Welsh

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

Statistical quality

Sickness absence returns are collated from schools and validated by Local Authorities. Subsequently automated validation and sense-checks are built into the data collection process to ensure a high quality of data. This data relates to maintained schools only and relates to the previous calendar year.

Figures for 2020 include some Covid related absences. Processes for recording Covid related absences varied across local authorities, and were not all able to separate those instances from general sickness absences. Therefore, where local authorities were able to split out their Covid related absences they have been included in the figures for 2020 for consistency.

For the 2020 data, the form only requested for total number days lost for COVID sickness absences. Where local authorities provided total number of days lost due to Covid related absences they have been included as 'Unknown'.

Keywords

Teacher; Sickness Absence; Sick Leave; Education; Workforce; Illness

Name

SCHW0001