Teacher sickness absence: Full-time and part-time teacher sickness absence in calendar year 2004 by local education authority( 1) . England
Full-time (or full-time plus part-time if figures combined, see footnotes)
Part-time
Number taking absence
Total number of days taken
Days taken as part of absences of more than 20 days
Number taking absence
Total number of days taken
Days taken as part of absences of more than 20 days
Darlington
410
4,030
2,000
40
290
210
Hartlepool
510
6,000
3,250
30
440
300
Middlesbrough
660
7,670
3,880
110
730
330
Redcar and Cleveland
720
6,390
3,080
140
1,060
590
Stockton on Tees
1,020
9,470
4,170
140
1,780
1,130
Durham
2,720
27,350
16,160
290
2,470
1,550
Northumberland
1,210
10,510
5,470
180
1,910
1,220
Gateshead
970
8,800
3,700
120
1,330
620
Newcastle upon Tyne
1,130
10,250
4,140
130
1,330
380
North Tyneside
830
8,440
4,260
100
1,290
790
South Tyneside
650
8,070
4,130
40
720
500
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Sunderland
1,550
17,570
9,010
120
1,120
560
North east
12,370
124,540
63,250
1,420
14,470
8,170
Blackburn with Darwen
740
9,070
4,930
100
1,590
1,140
Blackpool
770
7,980
3,640
110
890
390
Halton
610
6,500
3,030
70
760
390
Warrington
1,060
12,680
7,500
110
870
450
Cheshire
3,570
34,220
15,210
570
4,670
2,320
Cumbria
1,570
14,670
6,410
290
2,880
1,350
Bolton
1,560
15,050
5,210
200
1,820
590
Bury
1,000
10,670
4,990
100
420
120
Manchester
2,000
22,490
13,440
290
2,390
1,270
Oldham
1,250
13,190
5,500
130
—
—
Rochdale
1,260
12,250
5,360
130
1,610
960
Salford
930
20,050
15,160
180
7,250
6,350
Stockport
1,320
13,710
5,590
280
2,920
1,190
Tameside
1,280
13,060
5,810
140
1,680
710
Trafford
840
9,820
5,130
120
2,150
1,550
Wigan
1,850
18,320
9,540
190
1,790
1,020
Lancashire
5,720
69,440
40,220
970
12,130
7,980
Knowsley
1,010
11,710
5,890
70
530
90
Liverpool
2,730
33,810
18,390
250
3,520
2,160
St. Helens
990
10,790
5,230
90
1,270
680
Sefton
1,640
13,620
4,750
190
1,770
690
Wirral
1,510
16,920
10,110
270
1,530
720
North West
35,190
389,990
201,020
4,840
54,450
32,130
East Riding of Yorkshire
1,620
17,600
10,770
—
—
—
City of Kingston Upon Hull
1,580
18,520
5,100
190
930
370
North East Lincolnshire
940
9,780
3,860
150
2,480
1,700
North Lincolnshire
710
6,290
2,880
100
750
440
York
860
8,700
4,760
180
1,550
440
North Yorkshire
2,920
30,470
14,170
2,900
8,840
3,480
Barnsley
1,110
14,480
8,610
80
890
540
Doncaster
1,760
19,620
9,800
230
2,520
1,350
Rotherham
1,620
19,520
8,200
120
780
220
Sheffield
2,600
29,050
15,350
630
8,330
5,600
Bradford
2,600
28,880
13,510
420
3,800
1,980
Calderdale
1,100
11,030
5,250
210
2,530
1,580
Kirklees
2,060
25,260
14,470
360
3,440
1,620
Leeds
3,780
42,760
19,620
560
3,860
1,940
Wakefield
1,670
17,660
9,490
250
3,020
1,730
Yorkshire and the Humber
26,910
299,620
145,830
6,390
43,710
22,970
Derby
1,260
11,820
4,750
30
330
180
Leicester
1,480
14,970
4,800
140
1,210
440
Nottingham
1,490
15,020
6,770
240
2,720
1,490
Rutland
130
1,420
530
40
310
40
Derbyshire
3,240
42,120
21,420
810
9,740
5,100
Leicestershire
2,930
23,140
8,770
990
14,440
10,180
Lincolnshire
3,200
36,730
8,910
550
7,910
1,950
Northamptonshire
2,540
22,300
10,050
520
7,090
4,880
Nottinghamshire
3,150
46,760
18,600
600
9,930
4,100
East Midlands
19,440
214,270
84,600
3,910
53,670
28,360
Herefordshire
750
6,140
2,310
200
2,090
1,270
Stoke on Trent
1,300
14,080
7,000
—
—
—
Telford and Wrekin
890
9,090
4,070
150
660
140
Shropshire
1,190
8,510
2,470
290
2,970
1,820
Staffordshire
4,060
44,890
21,660
810
6,060
2,130
Warwickshire
2,850
27,410
10,750
580
5,700
2,370
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Birmingham
6,160
65,530
29,080
900
6,510
2,150
Coventry
1,650
14,750
4,780
270
2,350
960
Dudley
1,540
16,130
7,750
70
500
210
Sandwell
1,740
24,810
14,590
190
2,600
1,480
Solihull
1,180
10,710
4,760
290
2,410
1,340
Walsall
1,950
14,130
2,970
190
1,320
700
Wolverhampton
1,590
15,760
6,790
210
1,410
590
Worcestershire
2,870
27,170
13,580
570
2,850
1,320
West Midlands
29,700
299,110
132,540
4,720
37,410
16,480
Luton
790
7,750
3,290
150
1,100
310
Peterborough
1,240
9,700
3,750
200
1,270
480
Southend on Sea
1,160
11,220
4,980
170
1,530
730
Thurrock
840
8,690
4,220
80
470
60
Bedfordshire
2,260
18,130
6,960
400
3,470
1,800
Cambridgeshire
2,430
21,850
5,070
550
5,050
1,520
Essex
7,080
61,120
22,190
1,360
7,650
3,790
Hertfordshire
4,150
41,490
24,910
1,050
11,120
7,620
Norfolk
1,910
22,200
6,500
520
5,980
1,750
Suffolk
3,220
25,030
6,200
890
8,070
3,000
East of England
25,100
227,160
88,060
5,350
45,700
21,070
Camden
970
7,820
2,680
180
1,060
440
City of London
10
20
—
—
100
100
Hackney
1,140
11,170
4,790
140
1,040
470
Hammersmith and Fulham
790
5,140
1,230
60
290
60
Haringey
1,400
12,240
4,370
170
1,550
830
Islington
1,050
8,180
2,360
170
1,110
320
Kensington and Chelsea
440
3,260
1,170
60
420
180
Lambeth
1,120
8,260
2,470
160
820
210
Lewisham
950
7,570
2,740
150
1,260
570
Newham
2,050
17,410
7,110
150
1,400
690
Southwark
1,500
11,870
3,800
150
700
250
Tower Hamlets
1,660
14,430
4,570
220
1,380
350
Wandsworth
1,080
7,930
3,060
220
1,450
720
City of Westminster
660
4,700
930
60
500
230
Barking and Dagenham
1,090
8,280
2,390
120
1,540
850
Barnet
1,780
10,740
4,010
510
3,690
60
Bexley
1,370
10,960
3,610
160
980
410
Brent
1,740
12,160
3,620
160
780
100
Bromley
1,760
14,590
5,070
290
1,880
640
Croydon
1,910
16,730
6,860
650
2,490
1,260
Ealing
1,500
10,110
2,840
200
2,270
1,100
Enfield
1,530
12,180
5,960
240
2,040
1,120
Greenwich
1,590
12,630
4,650
260
1,740
810
Harrow
1,070
8,040
2,640
220
1,310
580
Havering
1,280
9,720
3,700
150
570
130
Hillingdon
1,650
12,180
2,480
170
910
120
Hounslow
1,380
10,510
3,780
190
1,180
270
Kingston upon Thames
560
4,210
1,290
270
1,690
750
Merton
710
6,230
2,650
110
580
150
Redbridge
1,790
14,460
5,360
250
1,730
700
Richmond upon Thames
620
5,200
2,400
150
1,460
820
Sutton
1,110
8,530
3,270
200
1,030
200
Waltham Forest
1,330
9,960
5,870
160
990
360
London
40,590
317,390
113,710
6,330
41,920
15,850
Bracknell Forest
480
2,280
550
90
600
240
Brighton and Hove
1,190
11,600
5,090
350
2,130
880
Isle of Wight
620
6,810
3,460
130
1,250
560
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Medway
1,390
12,570
4,840
720
2,300
1,260
Milton Keynes
1,110
5,840
2,280
250
450
—
Portsmouth
970
10,130
4,910
130
1,700
1,050
Reading
560
5,700
2,610
90
990
620
Slough
810
6,460
2,060
110
950
490
Southampton
1,190
10,270
4,030
190
1,520
650
West Berkshire
810
4,950
1,390
130
830
240
Windsor and Maidenhead
490
5,140
2,250
150
2,870
1,990
Wokingham
650
4,930
960
160
1,400
440
Buckinghamshire
1,850
16,560
9,250
440
4,440
2,880
East Sussex
2,390
20,090
8,030
570
3,400
1,840
Hampshire
4,320
36,890
10,540
850
6,230
2,000
Kent
7,200
62,770
24,360
1,080
7,210
2,730
Oxfordshire
1,900
17,320
10,900
390
3,350
1,970
Surrey
3,700
31,050
7,010
940
7,830
1,970
West Sussex
3,760
32,090
11,850
930
8,990
4,560
South East
35,380
303,420
116,330
7,710
58,430
26,360
Bath and North East Somerset
780
5,790
2,720
180
1,130
610
Bournemouth
740
8,360
3,720
140
1,010
420
City of Bristol
1,880
18,270
6,780
340
3,380
1,910
North Somerset
1,000
11,090
5,640
180
1,240
550
Plymouth
1,280
12,300
3,930
220
2,100
700
Poole
590
5,280
1,500
100
790
200
South Gloucestershire
1,400
13,020
5,630
350
3,050
1,430
Swindon
1,010
8,220
3,760
160
1,920
1,230
Torbay
720
7,920
4,210
130
1,800
1,070
Cornwall
2,350
27,670
16,520
130
520
320
Isles of Scilly
—
60
60
—
—
—
Devon
2,730
27,890
14,250
680
8,900
5,560
Dorset
1,910
18,670
6,030
430
3,450
960
Gloucestershire
1,560
16,570
8,950
510
3,890
1,990
Somerset
3,170
810
Wiltshire
1,640
15,020
3,100
370
2,380
670
South West
22,740
196,140
86,790
4,730
35,550
17,600
England(2)
247,400
2,397,900
1,043,300
45,400
398,200
195,500
(1) Sickness absence on working days, whether paid absence or not, of teachers with permanent contracts or contracts of over one month. The number of teachers taking sick leave includes an individual teacher only once however many periods of sickness absence they have had. The number of days taken as sick leave includes all periods of sick leave. (2) England totals include estimates for local authorities where information is not available and are rounded to the nearest 100. Source:
DfES annual 618G survey
