Data set from Early years education recovery

Nuffield Early Language Intervention (NELI) additional metrics

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Number of schools registered, number of LanguageScreen assessments, and estimated number of children going through the NELI programme in each academic year from 2020/21 to 2024/25.

Data set details

Theme
Early years
Publication
Early years education recovery
Release
July 2025
Release type
Number of rows
5
Geographic levels
National
Indicators
  • Cumulative total of estimated number of children going through NELI
  • Cumulative total of LanguageScreen assessments
  • Cumulative total of registered schools
Time period
2020/21 to 2024/25

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_periodtime_identifiergeographic_levelcountry_codecountry_nameregistered_schools_yearlyregistered_schools_cumulativecontinue_to_be_registeredlang_screen_assessments_yearlylang_screen_assessments_cumulativeunique_children_lang_screen_assessmentestimate_of_children_yearlyestimate_of_children_cumulative
202021Academic yearNationalE92000001England666866686668183102183102x3581335813
202122Academic yearNationalE92000001England44181108610834282563465665x5818794000
202223Academic yearNationalE92000001England261111210825121956587621x58139152139
202324Academic yearNationalE92000001England22111341081482373669994x58080210219
202425Academic yearNationalE92000001England301116410644502497202434798257167267386

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 8 variables
Variable nameVariable description
continue_to_be_registeredSchools that continue to be registered
estimate_of_children_cumulativeCumulative total of estimated number of children going through NELI
estimate_of_children_yearlyEstimated number of children going through NELI
lang_screen_assessments_cumulativeCumulative total of LanguageScreen assessments
lang_screen_assessments_yearlyNumber of LanguageScreen assessments

Footnotes

  1. 'x' indicates that data is not available.
  2. The estimate for the number of children is based on data included in EEF's Nuffield Early Language Intervention Scale-up: Evaluation Report - Year 2. Figures given here are obtained from calculations. More information can be found in the methodology.
  3. The number of LanguageScreen assessments is accurate up to the end of March 2025 and includes both initial and follow-up assessments.
  4. The estimated number of children covers the whole academic year.
  5. The cumulative total of registered schools is accurate up to the end of March 2025.
  6. 'Schools that continue to be registered' is accurate up to the end of March 2025. This is the cumulative total of registered schools minus any schools which have closed, merged or withdrawn from the programme.

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