Literacy and life expectancy
An evidence review exploring the link between literacy and life expectancy in England through health and socioeconomic factors.
Research reports
Keep up to date with the latest literacy research.
Research View detailsResearch View detailsWhat it means to be a reader at age 11: valuing skills, affective components and behavioural processes
This research review explores redefining and reframing what it means to be a good reader at age 11, looking in particular at cognitive reading skills, affective processes and reading behaviours.
Research View detailsBook ownership and reading outcomes
We asked 42,406 children and young people aged eight to 18 about book ownership in our seventh annual literacy survey, which we conducted in November/December 2016. One in 11 children said they do not have a book of their own at home, rising to one in eight children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Research View detailsPersonalised print books and family literacy outcomes: A literature review
This literature review provides a brief overview of research relating to the importance of shared reading in the early years, with a focus on personalised children’s picture books in print format.
Research View detailsYoung City Poets - evaluation report
This report looks at year two of the poetry programme and the impact it has had.
Research View detailsFA Writing Challenges: Evaluation report 2017
Read about our FA writing challenges and how they increased participating students’ enthusiasm for writing, motivated them to write and improved their confidence as writers.
Research View detailsReading Enjoyment, Behaviour and Attitudes in Pupils who use Accelerated Reader (2016)
Pupils who use Accelerated Reader (AR) enjoy reading, read frequently and think more positively about reading than their peers who do not use AR.
Research View detailsSchool libraries: A literature review on current provision and evidence of impact (2017)
Our review of provision of school libraries, the impact on pupils and the elements that make a good school library.
Research View detailsChildren and Young People's Reading in Manchester in 2016
Fewer children and young people in Manchester say that they enjoy reading compared with their peers nationally and fewer read daily outside class. This is based on a survey of 5,000 pupils from 60 primary and secondary schools in Manchester, who participated in spring 2016.
Research View detailsWriting for Enjoyment and its Link to Wider Writing - Findings from our Annual Literacy Survey 2016 Report
Read more about children’s and young people’s enjoyment of writing in 2016, taken from our seventh annual literacy survey.
Research View detailsCelebrating Reading for Enjoyment: Findings from our Annual Literacy Survey 2016 Report
In 2016 we recorded the highest levels of reading enjoyment to date, with nearly 6 in 10 saying that they enjoy reading either very much or quite a lot.
Research View detailsPremier League Reading Stars Wales evaluation report 2015/16
This report outlines findings from an independent evaluation of Premier League Reading Stars (PLRS) by Coventry University, focusing on activities delivered in Wales between September 2015 and July 2016.
Research View detailsPremier League Reading Stars: evaluation reports 2015/16
Here we share the impact of findings from an independent evaluation of Premier League Reading Stars (PLRS) and Premier League Reading Stars Cymru (PLRSC) by Coventry University, focusing on activities delivered between September 2015 and July 2016.
Research View detailsChildren’s and Young People’s Diary Writing in 2015
A fifth of children and young people said in 2015 that they write in a diary in their free time.
Research View detailsChildren's and Young People's Writing in 2015
Fewer children enjoyed writing or wrote something in their free time in 2015 compared with the previous year. This is based on findings from our annual literacy survey that we conducted in November/December 2015. 32,569 children and young people aged 8 to 18 participated.
Research View detailsPicture the Poet: school programme evaluation report 2016
This report outlines evaluation findings from the Picture the Poet schools programme, which aimed to increase enjoyment of poetry reading, writing and performance.
Research View detailsYoung Readers Programme evaluation 2015-16
This report outlines evaluation findings for the Young Readers Programme in 2015/16.
Research View detailsLiteracy Leaders pilot evaluation 2016
This report outlines evaluation findings for the pilot Literacy Leaders project in 2015/16, which showed that the project empowered secondary school students to promote literacy among their peers.
Research View detailsOxfordshire Gaining Momentum impact evaluation report 2016
Here we share the impact of the Oxfordshire Gaining Momentum (OGM) project, where we saw positive teacher and student results.
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Children and Young People Writing Postcards in 2016
Do children in 2016 still send postcards when they go on holiday? Who is most likely to do so and what, if any, are the relationships between writing postcards and writing in general?
Research View detailsEvaluation of HELLO: A tool to improve communication, language and literacy practice in early years settings
These external evaluations, carried out by the Centre for Research in Psychology, Behaviour and Achievement at Coventry University, describe the impact of the Helping Early Language and Literacy Outcomes (HELLO) project.