Our research programme is designed to:
We ask children, young people and other stakeholders about literacy using large-scale national surveys.
We explore literacy issues using multiple approaches to further our understanding on a commission basis.
Our evidence-based approach means we comprehensively explore the impact of our programmes.
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Our annual survey of primary and secondary pupils covers reading and writing, and takes place in January/February.
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This new survey explores reading and writing enjoyment, attitudes and behaviours of children aged 5 to 8 in a...
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Would you like to know what your pupils think about financial matters as well as reading, and how good they are at both?
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We are launching a new survey to find out how teachers in the UK are using technology to support literacy in the classroom.
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To celebrate Blue Peter's 60th birthday, we explored children and young people’s letter writing in 2017/18. We looked at how many children and young people write letters in their free time, how often, and the reasons why children decide to write letters or not.
To support National Poetry Day on 4 October 2018, we were commissioned to conduct the first ever national survey of children and young people’s views on poetry in England.
This report explores the link between children and young people’s mental wellbeing and their reading and writing enjoyment, attitudes and behaviours.
The NewsWise programme was developed as a collaborative partnership between Google, The Guardian Foundation, the National Literacy Trust and the PSHE Association. This report covers outcomes from the pilot phase of 547 pupils across England and Wales in early 2018.
This report evaluates the impact of Mrs Wordsmith, an illustrated, data-driven vocabulary programme for children aged 6-13.
The 2017 evaluation of our Books Unlocked programme, which promotes reading for pleasure in prisons, supported by the Man Booker Prize Foundation.
The survey looked at the reading habits of over 4,000 primary school children in 2018
Our evaluation of Early Words Together at Two explores the outcomes of the programme on children, parents, and practitioners.
This report compares pupils who participated in Readathon with those who haven't and shows that Readathon is related to various improved reading outcomes.