Please provide the following information for sickness absence for education personnel in local authority maintained primary, secondary, and special/ pupil referral unit schools for 2022/23 and 2023/24.
Education personnel, refers to any staff member who works in a school – e.g., Headteacher, deputy, teacher, support staff, admin staff, etc.
Mental Health issues refers to any staff member who required sickness absence due to anxiety, stress, depression, or any other mental health-related reason.
1) Total number of days lost for schools within the authority due to sick days.
2022/23 53,142
2023/24 44,854
2) Total number of days lost to Mental Health issues for schools within the authority.
2022/23 10,631
2023/24 10,154
3) Total number of educational personnel who required sickness absence on mental health grounds for schools within the authority.
2022/23 417
2023/24 378