English UK's quarterly student statistics scheme
We understand that market insight and student data are crucial for our members' success.
QUIC, our Quarterly Intelligence Cohort, is the ELT industry's most detailed and regular student statistics scheme.
Boost your student recruitment and evaluate your language centre's performance with robust, quarterly market reports produced by professional analysts at our insight partner, Bonard.
> Register to join the QUIC cohort in 2026. Deadline 27 March
QUIC provides participating member centres with exclusive market data four times a year. Participating centres receive in-depth analysis to help them identify new market opportunities, plan business development strategies, and benchmark their centre's performance. All insights are released within eight weeks of the end of each quarter.
Benefits of joining QUIC
Identify student recruitment opportunities and evaluate your language centre's performance against others by joining our QUIC cohort.
QUIC participants receive exclusive, comprehensive quarterly market intelligence four times a year, within eight weeks of each quarter's end.
With just under 60% of members' total student weeks represented in the cohort, QUIC clearly indicates what's happening in UK ELT.
All English UK members receive an executive summary, but only those participating in QUIC receive the detailed analysis, including complete reports, datasets, and webinars.
QUIC reports
The detailed 40+ page reports include:
- In-depth insight into 100+ UK ELT source markets
- Analysis of the buying process for each market: agency vs direct bookings and individual vs group bookings
- Breakdown of adult and junior course types, with insights into the popularity of different programmes in each market
- Comparative analysis across UK regions
- Historical comparisons that reveal long-term trends
>View a sample QUIC report (contains 'dummy' data)
Additional benefits
- Exclusive webinars > interactive webinars from Bonard's international education director exploring each quarter's results.
- Pivot tables > Excel pivot table datasets with each report. These provide granular breakdowns by sector, region and provider type. Watch our tutorial video to learn how to pull out tailored insights using these pivot tables.
- Cumulative data > receive the cohort's full annual results at the year's end.
> Register to join the QUIC cohort in 2026. Deadline 27 March
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How to join the QUIC cohort?
Your centre must be an English UK member to join QUIC.
New participants can sign up each year. The first set of quarterly data is due in April. English UK member centres join the QUIC cohort on an annual rolling basis. Renewal is automatic.
> Register to join the QUIC cohort in 2026. Deadline 27 March
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Is there a cost to join QUIC?
A small annual fee covers the cost of data analysis and the production of reports and data sets. The QUIC scheme is run on a cost-recovery basis.
2026 QUIC fees
2026 QUIC fees for groups:
- £305 + VAT for the first language centre
- £60 + VAT for each additional centre
- Group QUIC subscription fees are capped at £545 + VAT per group
Example: a group with three centres will pay: £305 + (2 x £60) = £425 + VAT
> Register to join the QUIC cohort in 2026. Deadline 27 March
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What data is needed?
Members must provide student week data split by:
- source market
- age group
- course type
- group vs individual bookings
- agent vs direct bookings
Example submission form and submission guidelines:
2026 reporting periods and submission deadlines:
- Q1 (29 December 2025 - 29 March 2026): by Tuesday 14 April 2026
- Q2 (30 March - 28 June): by Friday 10 July 2026
- Q3 (29 June - 27 September): by Friday 9 October 2026
- Q4 (28 September - 3 January 2027): by Friday 15 January 2027
Resources from software providers:
QUIC report executive summaries
Executive summaries of the QUIC reports are publicly available.
Only QUIC participants have access to the full reports, datasets and webinars.
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What do participants say about QUIC?
"The QUIC reports are an invaluable source of data for anyone involved in English language provision in the UK." - Lisa James, Embassy Summer
"We all need data to know what is happening in the industry. This is the best source of data… [we use it to] see which markets we are not fully exploiting, and which markets we should be making more of an effort with." - Val Hennessy, International House Bristol
"It's invaluable data and I highly recommend all schools join." - Farhan Quraishi, Speak Up London
