Written question asked by Linsey Farnsworth (Labour) on Wednesday, 15 July 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 1 September 2026. It was answered by Georgia Gould (Labour) on Friday, 4 September 2026 on behalf of the Department for Education.
Teachers: Sick Leave
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what is the total number of school days lost by teaching staff due to the incidence of infectious disease in (a) primary (b) secondary schools in England in the school years 2024/25 and 2025/26 and the proportion of all teacher school days this represents.
- Answer
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The information requested is not held centrally.
The department collects absence data for teachers and teaching assistants employed directly by state-funded schools via the school workforce census. This includes absences due to sickness but does not include the reason for the sickness absence. Each census collects data for absences from the previous academic year. The latest data available covers the 2024/25 academic year and is published in the ‘School workforce in England’ statistical publication, which is available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 19189
- Session
- 2026-27
- Subjects
- Infectious diseases Teachers Sick leave
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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- 2026-09-04 15:47:31 +0100
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