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

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

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Data valuesData descriptionYearLocal AuthoritySectorWelsh Medium TypeSchool Language CategoryTenureAbsence Type
3.3Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyPrimary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Welsh medium school / provision (including transitional)Full-timeShort-term
60.5Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyPrimary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Welsh medium school / provision (including transitional)Full-timeLong-term
6.2Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyPrimary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Welsh medium school / provision (including transitional)Full-timeTotal
3.3Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyPrimary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Welsh medium school / provision (including transitional)Part-timeShort-term
[c]Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyPrimary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Welsh medium school / provision (including transitional)Part-timeLong-term
8.7Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyPrimary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Welsh medium school / provision (including transitional)Part-timeTotal
3.3Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyPrimary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Welsh medium school / provision (including transitional)TotalShort-term
59.2Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyPrimary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Welsh medium school / provision (including transitional)TotalLong-term
6.5Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyPrimary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Welsh medium school / provision (including transitional)TotalTotal
2.7Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyPrimary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Dual language school / provision (Welsh and English) (including transitional)Full-timeShort-term
2.7Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyPrimary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Dual language school / provision (Welsh and English) (including transitional)Full-timeTotal
2.7Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyPrimary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Dual language school / provision (Welsh and English) (including transitional)TotalShort-term
2.7Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyPrimary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Dual language school / provision (Welsh and English) (including transitional)TotalTotal
3.2Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyPrimary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23All schoolsFull-timeShort-term
60.5Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyPrimary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23All schoolsFull-timeLong-term
6.0Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyPrimary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23All schoolsFull-timeTotal
3.3Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyPrimary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23All schoolsPart-timeShort-term
[c]Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyPrimary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23All schoolsPart-timeLong-term
8.7Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyPrimary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23All schoolsPart-timeTotal
3.3Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyPrimary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23All schoolsTotalShort-term
59.2Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyPrimary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23All schoolsTotalLong-term
6.3Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyPrimary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23All schoolsTotalTotal
2.8Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySecondary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Welsh medium school / provision (including transitional)Full-timeShort-term
2.8Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySecondary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Welsh medium school / provision (including transitional)Full-timeTotal
2.0Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySecondary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Welsh medium school / provision (including transitional)Part-timeShort-term
2.0Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySecondary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Welsh medium school / provision (including transitional)Part-timeTotal
2.6Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySecondary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Welsh medium school / provision (including transitional)TotalShort-term
2.6Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySecondary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Welsh medium school / provision (including transitional)TotalTotal
2.3Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySecondary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Dual language school / provision (Welsh and English) (including transitional)Full-timeShort-term
[c]Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySecondary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Dual language school / provision (Welsh and English) (including transitional)Full-timeLong-term
2.8Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySecondary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Dual language school / provision (Welsh and English) (including transitional)Full-timeTotal
2.2Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySecondary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Dual language school / provision (Welsh and English) (including transitional)Part-timeShort-term
[c]Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySecondary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Dual language school / provision (Welsh and English) (including transitional)Part-timeLong-term
4.9Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySecondary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Dual language school / provision (Welsh and English) (including transitional)Part-timeTotal
2.3Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySecondary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Dual language school / provision (Welsh and English) (including transitional)TotalShort-term
36.5Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySecondary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Dual language school / provision (Welsh and English) (including transitional)TotalLong-term
3.1Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySecondary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Dual language school / provision (Welsh and English) (including transitional)TotalTotal
3.5Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySecondary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23English medium school / provisionFull-timeShort-term
[c]Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySecondary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23English medium school / provisionFull-timeLong-term
3.8Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySecondary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23English medium school / provisionFull-timeTotal
[c]Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySecondary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23English medium school / provisionPart-timeShort-term
[c]Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySecondary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23English medium school / provisionPart-timeTotal
3.4Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySecondary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23English medium school / provisionTotalShort-term
[c]Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySecondary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23English medium school / provisionTotalLong-term
3.7Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySecondary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23English medium school / provisionTotalTotal
2.6Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySecondary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23All schoolsFull-timeShort-term
29.2Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySecondary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23All schoolsFull-timeLong-term
3.0Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySecondary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23All schoolsFull-timeTotal
2.2Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySecondary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23All schoolsPart-timeShort-term
[c]Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySecondary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23All schoolsPart-timeLong-term
4.3Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySecondary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23All schoolsPart-timeTotal
2.6Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySecondary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23All schoolsTotalShort-term
34.6Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySecondary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23All schoolsTotalLong-term
3.2Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySecondary schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23All schoolsTotalTotal
2.3Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySpecial schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Not applicable (Sector)Full-timeShort-term
[c]Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySpecial schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Not applicable (Sector)Full-timeLong-term
36.1Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySpecial schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Not applicable (Sector)Full-timeTotal
5.0Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySpecial schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Not applicable (Sector)Part-timeShort-term
[c]Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySpecial schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Not applicable (Sector)Part-timeLong-term
14.8Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySpecial schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Not applicable (Sector)Part-timeTotal
3.6Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySpecial schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Not applicable (Sector)TotalShort-term
[c]Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySpecial schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Not applicable (Sector)TotalLong-term
27.6Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySpecial schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Not applicable (Sector)TotalTotal
2.3Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySpecial schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23All schoolsFull-timeShort-term
[c]Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySpecial schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23All schoolsFull-timeLong-term
36.1Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySpecial schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23All schoolsFull-timeTotal
5.0Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySpecial schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23All schoolsPart-timeShort-term
[c]Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySpecial schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23All schoolsPart-timeLong-term
14.8Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySpecial schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23All schoolsPart-timeTotal
3.6Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySpecial schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23All schoolsTotalShort-term
[c]Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySpecial schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23All schoolsTotalLong-term
27.6Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseySpecial schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23All schoolsTotalTotal
4.7Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyOtherNot applicable after 2022/23Not applicable (Sector)Full-timeShort-term
32.8Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyOtherNot applicable after 2022/23Not applicable (Sector)Full-timeLong-term
9.1Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyOtherNot applicable after 2022/23Not applicable (Sector)Full-timeTotal
10.0Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyOtherNot applicable after 2022/23Not applicable (Sector)Part-timeShort-term
[c]Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyOtherNot applicable after 2022/23Not applicable (Sector)Part-timeLong-term
20.4Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyOtherNot applicable after 2022/23Not applicable (Sector)Part-timeTotal
5.3Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyOtherNot applicable after 2022/23Not applicable (Sector)TotalShort-term
33.0Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyOtherNot applicable after 2022/23Not applicable (Sector)TotalLong-term
10.8Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyOtherNot applicable after 2022/23Not applicable (Sector)TotalTotal
4.7Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyOtherNot applicable after 2022/23All schoolsFull-timeShort-term
32.8Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyOtherNot applicable after 2022/23All schoolsFull-timeLong-term
9.1Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyOtherNot applicable after 2022/23All schoolsFull-timeTotal
10.0Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyOtherNot applicable after 2022/23All schoolsPart-timeShort-term
[c]Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyOtherNot applicable after 2022/23All schoolsPart-timeLong-term
20.4Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyOtherNot applicable after 2022/23All schoolsPart-timeTotal
5.3Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyOtherNot applicable after 2022/23All schoolsTotalShort-term
33.0Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyOtherNot applicable after 2022/23All schoolsTotalLong-term
10.8Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyOtherNot applicable after 2022/23All schoolsTotalTotal
3.2Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyAll schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Welsh medium school / provision (including transitional)Full-timeShort-term
60.5Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyAll schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Welsh medium school / provision (including transitional)Full-timeLong-term
5.9Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyAll schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Welsh medium school / provision (including transitional)Full-timeTotal
3.0Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyAll schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Welsh medium school / provision (including transitional)Part-timeShort-term
[c]Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyAll schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Welsh medium school / provision (including transitional)Part-timeLong-term
7.4Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyAll schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Welsh medium school / provision (including transitional)Part-timeTotal
3.2Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyAll schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Welsh medium school / provision (including transitional)TotalShort-term
59.2Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyAll schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Welsh medium school / provision (including transitional)TotalLong-term
6.1Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyAll schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Welsh medium school / provision (including transitional)TotalTotal
2.4Average days lost per absence2023/24Isle of AngleseyAll schoolsNot applicable after 2022/23Dual language school / provision (Welsh and English) (including transitional)Full-timeShort-term
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Next update expected:July 2026

Updates

16th January 2026
Dataset first published.

Main information

Designation
Official statistics
Data provider
Welsh Government
Data source
School Workforce Annual Census (SWAC)

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

The information collected from 2019 to 2024 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.

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Welsh Government
Contact email
educationworkforcedata@gov.wales

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