Research reports

This report outlines findings from our tenth Annual Literacy Survey relating to children and young people’s reading in 2020, in addition to findings from our survey of children and...

This report outlines findings from our tenth Annual Literacy Survey relating to children and young people’s engagement with audiobooks in 2020, alongside findings from our survey of...

This report outlines findings from our tenth Annual Literacy Survey relating to children and young people’s writing in 2020, alongside findings from our survey of children and young...

This report evaluates the impact of our Small Talk project in Peterborough and Swindon in 2019.

This literature review provides an overview of research exploring the effectiveness of place-based programmes and campaigns in improving outcomes for children and families.

This report explores the relationship between aspirations, literacy and gender for young people and adults.

This report outlines findings from our ninth Annual Literacy Survey relating to children and young people’s reading in 2019.

This literature review provides an overview of research exploring the role of audiobooks in supporting children’s literacy both at home and in the classroom.

This report evaluates the impact of the National Literacy Trust’s Early Words Together at Three programme in Leicester, which ran from September 2018 to December 2019.

We surveyed 56,906 UK children aged 9 to 18 to look into the link between book ownership, reading skills and reading enjoyment.

Since 2012, Books Unlocked has supported people in prisons and young offender institutions to read for enjoyment, to read more often, and to engage with literature.

This report evaluates the impact of the pilot Read for Good Stories in Schools programme on reading engagement during the 2018/19 academic year.

This report evaluates the impact of the National Literacy Trust’s Early Words Together programme for Multilingual Families in Bedford, which ran from 2018 to 2019.

The report explores how parents and children engage with news, based on a survey of 1,000 UK parents.

This report evaluates the impact of the TutorMate pilot programme on Year 1 pupils’ reading skills and reading enjoyment during the 2018/19 academic year.

This document reports on the process and impact of the HELLO project in Greater Manchester.

In 2019, with support from McDonald’s, we developed a version of our Annual Literacy Survey for younger children aged 5 to 8 to gain an insight into their reading and writing...

This report evaluates the impact of the National Literacy Trust’s Early Words Together programme in Glasgow, which ran from 2017 to 2019.

The report summarises the evaluation of the Words for Work: Women in Leadership programme in the 2018/19 academic year.

This report looks at the fourth year of the poetry programme and its impact.