Number of deaths among working-aged (20–64 years) people who were working in education in England and Wales, 9 March–28 December 2020
| Description | Men | Women | ||||||||||
| Deaths involving COVID-19 | All causes of death | All causes 5-year average | Excess | % excess | Excess due to COVID-19 | Deaths involving COVID-19 | All causes of death | All causes 5-year average | Excess | % excess | Excess due to COVID-19 | |
| Secondary education teaching professionals | 29 | 241 | 233 | 8 | 3 | 100% | 23 | 156 | 173 | −17 | −10 | NA |
| Primary and nursery education teaching professionals | 4 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 100% | 19 | 327 | 368 | −41 | −11 | NA |
| Special needs education teaching professionals | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 50 | 25% | 3 | 27 | 33 | −6 | −18 | NA |
| Teaching and other educational professionals- not elsewhere defined (n.e.c) | 8 | 56 | 32 | 14 | 44 | 57% | 7 | 70 | 61 | 9 | 15 | 78% |
| School secretaries | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 0% | 4 | 58 | 53 | 5 | 9 | 80% |
| Teaching assistants | 5 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 47 | 56% | 37 | 396 | 307 | 89 | 29 | 42% |
| Educational support assistants | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | −13 | NA | 3 | 55 | 58 | −3 | −5 | NA |
| School midday and crossing patrol occupations | 2 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 120 | 33% | 18 | 169 | 149 | 20 | 13 | 90% |
| All those working in schools | 50 | 389 | 337 | 52 | 15 | 96% | 114 | 1258 | 1202 | 56 | 5 | 100% |
| All professional occupations | 419 | 3144 | 2765 | 379 | 14 | 100% | 279 | 2696 | 2477 | 219 | 9 | 100% |
| All occupations | 4225 | 33 904 | 29 745 | 4159 | 14 | 100% | 1742 | 18 419 | 16 528 | 1891 | 11 | 92% |
Deaths among working-aged (20–64 years) people who work in education in England and Wales, 9 March–28 December 2020. This table shows the number of deaths by occupation in 2020 and the average for the previous 5 years among those working in schools aged 20–64 years, also includes figures for all occupations and all professionals for comparison. The number of excess deaths was calculated by subtracting the 5-year average number of deaths (provided by ONS) from the number of deaths from all causes between 9 March and 28 December 2020 for each occupation and occupational group. The number of excess deaths was converted into a percentage of the 5-year average (percentage excess). The percentage excess explained by COVID-19 was calculated by dividing the number of COVID-19 deaths by the number of excess deaths and multiplying this by 100. We set the maximum percentage excess deaths to be 100.
ONS, Office for National Statistics.