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Data Provider: Welsh Government Experimental Statistics Number of teacher sickness absences opened by month and absence type
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Statistical quality

The information collected for 2021 to 2024 has not undergone a formal final validation period. However, various stages of automated validation and sense-checking are built into the process to ensure a high quality of data to inform policy making.

Title

Number of teacher sickness absences opened by month and absence type

Last update

July 2025 July 2025

Next update

July 2026 (provisional)

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

School Workforce Annual Census

Contact email

EducationWorkforceData@gov.wales

Designation

Experimental statistics

Geographical coverage

Local authorities

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

Keywords

SWAC; Teachers; Workforce; Sickness; Absence

General description

The data covers different aspects of the school workforce in Wales, using the data collected from the School Workforce Annual Census (SWAC).

Data reference periods

From 2020/21 onwards.

Rounding applied

* = numbers greater than zero but less than five. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 5.