Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of teachers self-isolating as a result of covid-19 in January 2022.

The department continues to monitor workforce absence very closely.

The daily education settings survey asks schools and colleges to report data such as on-site attendance and COVID-19 absence.

The most recent published data at national level is for 20 January 2022 and can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/attendance-in-education-and-early-years-settings-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak. The department estimates that 4.5% of teachers and school leaders were absent from open schools due to COVID-19 related reasons on 20 January, down from 4.9% on 6 January.