Research reports

Report on the benefits of keeping a diary for children and young people, including allowing self-expression, boosting creativity, and supporting mental wellbeing and writing...

This report presents findings from a survey exploring young people’s literacy and critical literacy attitudes and behaviours when navigating online environments.

This report examines the role of libraries in raising the literacy skills of children whose learning has been disrupted by the pandemic.

This report outlines findings from our 2022 Annual Literacy Survey, exploring children and young people’s writing engagement following the lifting of all lockdown restrictions in...

This report synthesises information from existing literature, survey data of parents and evaluation data from our Early Words Together programme to provide insight into the...

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 benefits of Early Words Together at Two programme on children’s early literacy engagement, parents’ understanding, confidence and behaviours around creating...

Our latest research into adults' engagement with audiobooks finds links to wellbeing and mental stimulation.

Report on the podcast listening habits and attitudes of young people aged 11 to 18.

An examination of writing enjoyment, behaviours and linguistic identity among multilingual learners.

This report focuses on the 2 in 5 girls in the UK aged 8 to 18 who said that they don't enjoy reading.

This report explores the findings of a survey conducted with 1500 parents of children from birth to age five about the home learning environment.

The impact of book gifting on children and young people’s reading engagement

Evidence from across the sector and submissions from teachers to give an idea of the current situation in primary school libraries; the benefits they bring to pupils and the...

This report outlines children and young people's letter writing attitudes in behaviours, and how they were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

This report outlines children and young people's feelings about reading in early 2021, a period that coincided with the third national lockdown in the UK.

This report explores the impact reading challenges can have on children’s reading enjoyment, behaviours and skills, and the key considerations when developing reading challenges. It...

Celebrating the diverse linguistic backgrounds and skills of young people by focusing on multilingual learner reading enjoyment, behaviours and linguistic identity.

This report evaluates the impact of the third year of NewsWise – a free, cross-curricular news literacy programme for 9- to 11-year-olds across the UK.

This report, commissioned by World Book Day, captures children’s perceptions of how the event supports their reading opportunities and influences their developing reading identities.