Annual Literacy Survey

Would you like to know what your pupils think about reading, writing, speaking and listening? Now in its fifteenth year, the National Literacy Trust’s Annual Literacy Survey explores children and young people’s literacy behaviours, attitudes and enjoyment.

The online survey has been conducted with children and young people aged 5 to 18 in schools and settings across the UK since 2010. Findings provide a consistent national measure of children’s literacy and allow us to track annual trends in reading, writing, speaking and listening. This data provides an essential evidence base and informs all of the National Literacy Trust’s campaigning and programmatic work.

This year, there are multiple surveys to choose from:

• 5 to 8-year-old survey
• 8 to 16-year-old
• 16 to 18-year-old survey
• Staff survey

The survey is open to schools across England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales. All surveys take place online, are completely free to take part in, and none should take longer than 45 minutes.

Participating schools receive a personalised school report outlining their findings, which they can compare nationally once the national reports are published. If you would like to take part, please register below. Only one member of staff needs to sign up on behalf of your school, including for the surveys for pupils. All surveys are completely free to take part in, and none should take you longer than 45 minutes.

(Note: It is up to you to decide who and how many pupils you would like to survey, but the more pupils you survey, the more representative your school's individual report will be)

Registration is now open. It will close on 28 February 2025 and the survey will close on 7 March 2025.