The Department for Education (DfE) has included details of staff absence for much of the autumn term within its latest weekly attendance in education data release, published on January 19.
The data includes the number of teachers and school leaders, teaching assistants and other staff absent with confirmed and suspected cases of coronavirus from October through to the end of 2020.
For example, the DfE estimates that on December 16, 4.4 per cent of teachers and school leaders and 5.9 per cent of teaching assistants and other staff were absent for Covid-related reasons.
This includes 0.9 per cent of teachers and school leaders and 1.1 per cent of teaching assistants and other staff with a confirmed case of coronavirus.
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