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State of the Nation 2024

Children's University Trust's State of the Nation reports are the culmination of an annual research project looking at everything we know about learning beyond the classroom in modern Britain.

They are a series of evidence-based reports examining the impact of what goes on beyond the classroom on the lives of children and young people. Based on extensive data collated from bespoke digital platform, Children's University Online, the aim of the reports is to inform and improve provision by providing educators, policy makers and stakeholders of all kinds with a broad set of insights about the current state of learning beyond the classroom in contemporary Britain.

Our 2024 report is informed by data from:

  • 106,000 children
  • 25,300 activities
  • 515,000 hours of recorded participation

Since 2021 our State of the Nation Reports have offered up an analysis of over 1.5 million hours of participation in learning beyond the classroom.

 

Past reports and further reading

Children's University Trust first published a State of the Nation report in 2021. You can download past reports and further information below.

Our 2023 reports were informed by data from:

  • 70,000 children
  • 19,400 activities
  • 704,000 hours of recorded participation

You can download the reports in one single document here

Alternatively, click on the sections below to read each of the reports

 

Our 2022 reports were informed by data from:

  • 50,000 children
  • 12,000 activities
  • 310,000 hours of recorded participation

Read the full set of reports here or by clicking on the image above

Alternatively, click on the sections below to read each of the reports

      

 

Here is our 2021 State of the Nation Report in full and in summary.

 

Children’s University Online (CUO) is the bespoke digital platform built to add value for all stake holders engaged with learning beyond the classroom. It is the user data from this platform that informs our State of the Nation Reports. You can read an overview of the platform here.