Average working days lost per absence and per teacher by local authority and absence type

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Variable	Visibility	Selected values	Action
Year	Shown in table	All 5 values	Change values
Local Authority	Shown in table	All 23 values	Change values
Sector	Shown in table	All 8 values	Change values
Welsh Medium Type	Shown in table	All 6 values	Change values
School Language Category	Shown in table	All 6 values	Change values
Tenure	Shown in table	All 3 values	Change values
Data description	Shown in table	All 2 values	Change values
Absence Type	Shown in table	All 3 values	Change values

Table

Standard shorthand is used in this table: [c] = confidential information.

Data values	Data description	Year	Local Authority	Sector	Welsh Medium Type	School Language Category	Tenure	Absence Type
3.9	Average days lost per absence	2020/21	Isle of Anglesey	Primary schools	Welsh Medium	Not applicable before 2023/24	Full-time	Short-term
22.0	Average days lost per absence	2020/21	Isle of Anglesey	Primary schools	Welsh Medium	Not applicable before 2023/24	Full-time	Long-term
5.2	Average days lost per absence	2020/21	Isle of Anglesey	Primary schools	Welsh Medium	Not applicable before 2023/24	Full-time	Total
4.6	Average days lost per teacher that has taken sickness absence	2020/21	Isle of Anglesey	Primary schools	Welsh Medium	Not applicable before 2023/24	Full-time	Short-term
64.1	Average days lost per teacher that has taken sickness absence	2020/21	Isle of Anglesey	Primary schools	Welsh Medium	Not applicable before 2023/24	Full-time	Long-term
10.9	Average days lost per teacher that has taken sickness absence	2020/21	Isle of Anglesey	Primary schools	Welsh Medium	Not applicable before 2023/24	Full-time	Total
6.5	Average days lost per absence	2020/21	Isle of Anglesey	Primary schools	Welsh Medium	Not applicable before 2023/24	Part-time	Short-term
[c]	Average days lost per absence	2020/21	Isle of Anglesey	Primary schools	Welsh Medium	Not applicable before 2023/24	Part-time	Long-term
7.2	Average days lost per absence	2020/21	Isle of Anglesey	Primary schools	Welsh Medium	Not applicable before 2023/24	Part-time	Total
[c]	Average days lost per teacher that has taken sickness absence	2020/21	Isle of Anglesey	Primary schools	Welsh Medium	Not applicable before 2023/24	Part-time	Short-term
[c]	Average days lost per teacher that has taken sickness absence	2020/21	Isle of Anglesey	Primary schools	Welsh Medium	Not applicable before 2023/24	Part-time	Long-term
24.0	Average days lost per teacher that has taken sickness absence	2020/21	Isle of Anglesey	Primary schools	Welsh Medium	Not applicable before 2023/24	Part-time	Total
4.3	Average days lost per absence	2020/21	Isle of Anglesey	Primary schools	Welsh Medium	Not applicable before 2023/24	Total	Short-term
21.9	Average days lost per absence	2020/21	Isle of Anglesey	Primary schools	Welsh Medium	Not applicable before 2023/24	Total	Long-term
5.5	Average days lost per absence	2020/21	Isle of Anglesey	Primary schools	Welsh Medium	Not applicable before 2023/24	Total	Total
4.8	Average days lost per teacher that has taken sickness absence	2020/21	Isle of Anglesey	Primary schools	Welsh Medium	Not applicable before 2023/24	Total	Short-term
63.0	Average days lost per teacher that has taken sickness absence	2020/21	Isle of Anglesey	Primary schools	Welsh Medium	Not applicable before 2023/24	Total	Long-term
11.9	Average days lost per teacher that has taken sickness absence	2020/21	Isle of Anglesey	Primary schools	Welsh Medium	Not applicable before 2023/24	Total	Total
3.9	Average days lost per absence	2020/21	Isle of Anglesey	Primary schools	Welsh Medium	All schools	Full-time	Short-term
22.0	Average days lost per absence	2020/21	Isle of Anglesey	Primary schools	Welsh Medium	All schools	Full-time	Long-term
5.2	Average days lost per absence	2020/21	Isle of Anglesey	Primary schools	Welsh Medium	All schools	Full-time	Total
4.6	Average days lost per teacher that has taken sickness absence	2020/21	Isle of Anglesey	Primary schools	Welsh Medium	All schools	Full-time	Short-term
64.1	Average days lost per teacher that has taken sickness absence	2020/21	Isle of Anglesey	Primary schools	Welsh Medium	All schools	Full-time	Long-term
10.9	Average days lost per teacher that has taken sickness absence	2020/21	Isle of Anglesey	Primary schools	Welsh Medium	All schools	Full-time	Total
6.5	Average days lost per absence	2020/21	Isle of Anglesey	Primary schools	Welsh Medium	All schools	Part-time	Short-term

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Next update expected:July 2027

Updates

• 14th July 2026:

  Annual update

• 18th May 2026:

  This dataset has been updated to improve accessibility and support the ‘create your own table’ functionality.

• 16th January 2026: Dataset first published.

Main information

• Designation: Official statistics
• Data provider: Welsh Government
• Data source: School Workforce Annual Census (SWAC)
• Time period covered: September 2020 to August 2025
• Dataset ID: 4a9f9543-f353-423d-a1b8-de289b86a21e

Overview

• Summary of dataset and variables:

  The data covers different aspects of the school workforce in Wales, using the data collected from the School Workforce Annual Census (SWAC). This dataset shows the average working days lost per absence and per teacher by local authority and absence type.

• Data collection or calculation:

  School's data are derived from the School Workforce Annual Census (SWAC) returns in November each year.

  Updated guidance for categorising schools according to Welsh medium provision was published in December 2021. The new arrangements for categorising schools according to Welsh medium provision were introduced to help local authorities and schools to plan their Welsh medium education to support the Curriculum for Wales as well as the national goal of one million Welsh speakers, as set out in Cymraeg 2050.

  As information in this table is collected retrospectively, published data for academic years 2023/24 onwards in this table uses the new categorisation system replacing the old Welsh Medium Type that is published for academic years up to 2022/23. The data is not directly comparable between the two categorisation systems.

• Statistical quality:

  In 2021, Wrexham was unable to submit teacher sickness absence data as part of the SWAC Pay, HR and Absences return.

  The information collected from 2019 to 2025 have 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. A final validation period is being considered to be introduced for future collections for schools and LAs to review the information they return, and re-submit their data where errors are identified prior to publication.

• Rounding applied:

  c note code = numbers greater than zero but less than five.

• Related reports:
  • School Workforce Census Results
  • School Workforce Census Results: Quality Report

Published by

• Organisation: Welsh Government
• Contact email: educationworkforcedata@gov.wales