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This report revisits and updates what we know about fathers’ engagement in children’s early language and literacy.View details about Fathers’ Engagement in Young Children’s Literacy in 2024 -
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This report explores the findings of a survey conducted with 2,021 parents of children from birth to age five about the home learning environmentView details about Parents' support for young children's literacy at home in 2024 -
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This report builds on our previous research exploring children and young people’s writing enjoyment at school and in their free time in early 2024.View details about Children and young people’s writing in 2024 -
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Teachers’ experiences of, and attitudes to, using ebooks to support children's reading for enjoyment.View details about Using ebooks to support reading for pleasure in 2023: A survey of primary school teachers -
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This report shares findings from a survey of over 3000 parents exploring the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on literacy resources and support, and the importance of school...View details about Children and young people’s access to books and educational devices at home during the cost-of-living crisis -
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This report explores changes for children, families and practitioners as a result of taking part in our Early Words Together for London programme over the three years of delivery.View details about Impact report: Early Words Together for London -
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This literature review provides an overview of research exploring the effectiveness of place-based programmes and campaigns in improving outcomes for children and families.View details about The effectiveness of place-based programmes and campaigns in improving outcomes for children -
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This report explores the findings of a survey conducted with 1500 parents of children from birth to age five about the home learning environment.View details about Home Learning Environment - Parent Survey 2021 -
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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...View details about The Future of Primary School Libraries -
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Our new report commissioned by Tonies shows how audiobooks can help build reading engagement with younger childrenView details about Playful storytelling: The role of interactive audio in building children’s literacy skills and engagement -
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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...View details about SHINE Everyone Ready for School evaluation: Year One -
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This report evaluates the impact of our Small Talk project in Peterborough and Swindon in 2019.View details about Small Talk evaluation 2019 -
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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.View details about Early Words Together for Multilingual Families in Bedford evaluation: 2019 -
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This document reports on the process and impact of the HELLO project in Greater Manchester.View details about HELLO in Greater Manchester: final report 2019 -
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An evidence review exploring the link between literacy and life expectancy in England through health and socioeconomic factors.View details about Literacy and life expectancy -
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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...View details about Personalised print books and family literacy outcomes: A literature review -
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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...View details about Evaluation of HELLO: A tool to improve communication, language and literacy practice in early years settings -
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Two-thirds of children aged 3 to 5 look at or read stories daily at home in a typical week.View details about Early literacy practices at home in 2015: Third annual survey of parents -
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This report resents a snapshot of the attitudes and beliefs of 450 early years practitioners around emergent literacy in 2015, as well as the reported attitudes and ...View details about Emergent Literacy Practices in Early Years Settings in 2015: Third annual survey of practitioners -
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This literature review explores how digital technology can support practitioners to promote communication, language and literacy skills in early years settings.View details about How digital technology can support early language and literacy outcomes in early years settings: A review of the literature -
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Findings from our third annual early years surveys of parents and early years practitioners, about the role of touchscreen technology in supporting preschool children’s literacy.View details about The Use of Technology to Support Literacy in the Early Years in 2015
