2023 - 2024 Statistics

The ‘number of unique learners’ counts every learner only once, regardless of the number of courses they have attended during the year.

• 2023-2024 data includes the highest number of learners since the Centre first published data.
• In 2023-2024 there were 18,330 unique learners, an increase of 8% in comparison to 2022-2023.
• 2023-2024 data reports an increase of 45% in unique learners in comparison to the first publication of data in 2017-2018.

Learners can attend more than one learning activity at various levels and intensities. For example, a single learner can attend a 170 - 259 hour course at Entry level and an additional 'per hour' course at Foundation level during the period in question. This is considered as two learning activities.

• 2023-2024 learners attended 31,200 learning activities, an increase of 6% when compared to 2022-2023.
• There is an increase of 53% in the learning activities of 2023-2024 in comparison to the first year of publication in 2017-2018.
• Learners benefit from opportunities to intensify their learning by attending a range of activities available to them.

Courses are offered at five levels within the Learn Welsh programme.

• In 2023-2024, 61% of learners were at Entry level. 13% were at Foundation level and 25% at Intermediate or Advanced levels (including Proficiency).
• There is a 6% increase in the learners on the Entry level and a 17% increase in the learners on the Intermediate or Advanced levels (including Proficiency) in comparison to 2022-2023.

The age of learners is calculated from the first day of the academic year. For 2023-2024, the age of the learner is calculated from 1 August 2023. The learner is responsible for presenting their date of birth.

• In 2023-2024, there were 15,280 learners within the working age group (16-64 years old), which is 84% of all learners that have noted their date of birth.
• In 2023-2024, there were 2,635 learners within the 16-24 age group, an increase of 21% when compared to 2022-2023.
• In 2023-2024, there were 1,930 (274%) more learners within the 16-24 age group in comparison to the first year of publication of age in 2018-2019.

The Centre takes pride in the wide-ranging learning methods now available to learners, including face-to-face, virtual, blended (virtual and face-to-face) and self-study methods. 

• In 2023-2024, 29% of our learners followed face-to-face courses, 41% followed virtual courses, 3% followed blended courses, 24% followed self-study courses and 3% followed residential courses.
• In 2023-2024 there was a 26% increase in the number of learners following face-to-face courses in comparison to 2022-2023.

When registering, there is an option for learners to note their ethnicity. The field is not mandatory, and it is possible to choose 'refuse information' or leave the field blank.

• In 2023-2024, 74% of unique learners entered information about their ethnicity.
• 4% of these learners recorded diverse ethnicities with 96% noting their ethnicity as white.