Cwestiwn ysgrifenedig WQ94400
- Gofynnwyd gan
- Andrew RT DaviesCeidwadwyr
- I'w ateb gan
- Cabinet Secretary for Education
- Cyflwynwyd
- Dyddiad ateb
- Atebwyd
- Amser i'w ateb
- 9 diwrnod
Cwestiwn
Mae'r cwestiwn a'r ateb yn Saesneg gan nad oes fersiwn Gymraeg ar gael.
Does the Welsh Government monitor the number of days lost through staff illness in schools across Wales and if so, how many days have been lost annually, from 2018 to 2024?
Ateb
Atebwyd gan Cabinet Secretary for Education
The Welsh Government collects information on teacher sickness absences from local authorities through the School Workforce Annual Census (SWAC). The table below shows the total number of days lost through Teacher Sickness Absence in schools in Wales 2017 to the academic year 2022/23. Up until and including 2020, data on teacher sickness absences were collected at an aggregated level from local authorities and covered teacher sickness absences over a calendar year. The SWAC was introduced in 2019 and has collected information on teacher sickness absences for academic year 2020/21 onwards.
Total number of days lost through Teacher Sickness Absence in schools in Wales 2018 to 2022/23 (a)
Source
Year
Total Teacher Sickness Absence days
Local authority aggregated data collection (b)
Calendar Year
2018
175,445
2019
186,501
2020 (d)
145,521
School Workforce Annual Census (SWAC) (c)
Academic Year
2020/21 (d)
122,528
2021/22
230,928
2022/23
191,229
(a) Includes teacher sickness absences only.
(b) Up until and including 2020 data on teacher sickness absences were collected at an aggregated level from local authorities and covered teacher sickness absences over a calendar year.
(c) The School Workforce Annual Census (SWAC) was introduced in 2019 and has collected information on teacher sickness absences for academic year 2020/21 onwards.
(d) The local authority aggregated data collection for calendar year 2020 and SWAC teacher sickness absences data for 2020/21 cover a time period during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which affected how schools operated and recorded sickness absence. These figures do not include covid related absences.