The British Council has finally published its 2024/25 annual report. It covers the 12 months ending March 2025.
I’m off to the airport in a moment and can’t really dig in too deeply. But a few highlights follow:
- There was a net loss of 51 million pounds.
- The government has committed to extend The Loan to September 2027.
- The BC delivered 2.3 million IELTS tests during the year. That’s exactly the same number as in the previous year.
- IELTS Online (the remote version) has been expanded to new markets. It is now available in 25 EU countries, and 28 countries outside of the EU.
- Says the report: “Last year some 25 per cent of our growth in the EU IELTS delivery was attributed to the new online product.”
- Interesting fact: “As part of the IELTS Secure English Language Test Consortium working for the Home Office, we delivered nearly 90 per cent of all SELT tests globally.”
- And also: “There was lower demand in some IELTS markets across Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia due to changes in International Student Mobility policies, which has led to students opting to study through a UK Transnational Education partnership and new destinations where an IELTS test is not mandatory. This has been partly offset by continued growth in China IELTS.”