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This report examines children and young people's perceptions of their emotional and cognitive engagement with writing in school, and their views on and engagement with writing...View details about Children and young people’s writing in school in 2025 -
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Findings suggest that when approached within contexts that foster creativity, self-expression, reflection and choice, poetry supports wellbeing.View details about The Role of Poetry in Supporting Wellbeing: Children and Young People’s Perspectives -
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The 2025 findings show that a sizeable proportion of children and young people choose to read or write poetry in their free time, underlining its lasting relevance in their lives.View details about Children and young people's engagement with poetry in 2025 -
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These reports share findings on young people and teachers' use of generative AI to support literacy in 2025.View details about Young people and teachers’ use of generative AI to support literacy in 2025 -
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This report summarises the evaluation of the National Literacy Trust's place-based approach to embedding and boosting the "Better Health Start for Life" campaign and...View details about A National Literacy Trust approach to boost the "Better Health Start for Life" campaign -
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This report summarises findings from 17 interviews with parents talking about shared parent-child engagement in early learning. A thematic analysis revealed factors posing...View details about Parents' support for children's early literacy in 2025 - Insights from interviews with parents -
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This short report summarises the findings of two broader external evaluation reports looking at the impact of First Words Together, a targeted family learning programme created to...View details about First Words Together - Summary of External Evaluations 2021-2024 -
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First Words Together (FWT) is a targeted family learning programme, created by the National Literacy Trust to support early communication for children under the age of two.View details about Evaluation of First Words Together in Birmingham, the Black Country and North East
