Research reports

Report on children and young people's engagement with audiobooks based on our 2021 Annual Literacy Review

This report outlines findings from our 2021 Annual Literacy Survey, alongside children and young people’s perceptions of their writing during the first lockdown and subsequent...

Our new report commissioned by Tonies shows how audiobooks can help build reading engagement with younger children

This research report looks at bill payers’ understanding of energy bills.

To mark World Mental Health Day in 2020, the Bupa Foundation, in partnership with Cheltenham Festivals, the National Literacy Trust and Mind, launched Beyond Words – a national...

This report explores the role that digital tools and resources can play in addressing the gender and disadvantage gap in young people’s literacy attitudes and outcomes, combining...

Our new research into diversity in children’s literature shows that a third of children don’t see themselves in books they read

This literature review considers the impact of COVID-19 on families, and the implications for the home learning environment.

In celebration of 75 years of Pippi Longstocking, we look at some key findings on girls and aspirations

Our new research finds that an increase in children and young people listening to podcasts during lockdown could have led to wider benefits for their reading engagement, with...

This report looks at the impact of the Hub approach on early years attainment in the National Literacy Trust’s three longest running Hubs.

This report evaluates the impact of the second year of NewsWise – a free, cross-curricular news literacy programme for 7- to 11-year-olds across the UK, developed by the Guardian...

The National Literacy Trust was commissioned to explore the impact of the Bookmark Reading programme on children’s reading skills and engagement in the 2019/20 academic year.

This report evaluates the impact of the National Literacy Trust’s Everyone Ready for School programme in Darlington which ran for two years from 2018 to 2020 with evaluation...

This report outlines findings from our survey exploring young people’s literacy-related interactions both within, and in relation to, video games.

This paper from the National Literacy Trust and Nottingham Trent University explores how children on free school meals use their school library and how this links to their literacy...

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.