Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 30747

Schools: Sick Leave

Tabled: 11 February 2025

Answered: 19 February 2025

Question

Daisy Cooper

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the number of sick days taken by (a) teachers and (b) other school staff due to mental ill health in each of the last five years.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell

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 includ...

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