The UK’s English language sector is continuing on its “gradual” recovery, recording a 44% rise in student weeks in Q4 2022 compared with the previous year.

The recovery of the UK ELT sector continued in the fourth quarter of 2022, particularly for the junior segment with a 346 per cent increase compared with the same period of the previous year, according to the latest report by association English UK.

The number of student weeks booked by UK ELT providers more than doubled in 2022, compared to the year prior. Total weeks for the year totalled 479,993, more than double (+152%) the 190,629 weeks reported for 2021.

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