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This report outlines findings from our 2024 Annual Literacy Survey, when the percentage of children and young people who told us that they enjoyed reading, and read daily, in their...View details about Children and young people's reading in 2024 -
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A report exploring engagement with poetry in all its forms, demonstrating the important role poetry can play in the lives of our children and young people.View details about ‘Where a quiet voice can become a loud voice’ Children, Young People and Poetry in 2024 -
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These reports share findings on children, young people and teachers' use of, and attitudes to, generative AI and literacy in 2024View details about Children, young people and teachers’ use of generative AI to support literacy in 2024 -
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Three reports outlining findings from our 2023 Annual Literacy Survey for TeachersView details about Teachers and reading, writing and whole-school literacy in 2023 -
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This report brings together insights from the various writing programmes that sit within Young Writers to highlight the important role they can play in the lives of children and...View details about The Impact of Writing for Enjoyment Programmes -
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These reports outlines findings from our 2023 Annual Literacy Survey, focusing on reading and writing in children and young people aged 8 to 18 in Scotland.View details about Children and young people's reading and writing in Scotland in 2023 -
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1 in 4 (26.7%) children and young people said they read poetry in their free time at least once a month in 2023.View details about Children and young people's engagement with poetry in 2023 -
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This report outlines findings from our 2023 Annual Literacy Survey, in which we recorded the lowest level of reading enjoyment since 2005.View details about Children and young people's reading in 2023 -
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A summary report of how our evidence-based Young Writers programme is supporting schools to develop lasting writing-for-enjoyment practices with the view that every young person is...View details about Programmatic approaches to supporting writing for enjoyment -
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This report draws on data from our 2023 Annual Literacy Survey, to investigate access to author visits in school, as well as the link between author visits and enjoyment and...View details about Author visits in schools, and children and young people’s reading and writing engagement in 2023 -
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This report outlines findings from our 2022 Annual Literacy Survey, exploring poetry engagement in children and young people aged 8 to 18.View details about Children and young people’s engagement with poetry in 2022 -
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This report outlines findings from our 2022 Annual Literacy Survey, exploring reading engagement in children and young people aged 5 to 18.View details about Children and young people’s reading engagement in 2022 -
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The impact of book gifting on children and young people’s reading engagementView details about Book Ownership in 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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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.View details about Children and young people’s reading engagement in 2021 -
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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...View details about Children and young people’s writing in 2021 -
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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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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...View details about Children and young people’s engagement with podcasts before and during lockdown -
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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...View details about Children, young people and audiobooks before and during lockdown -
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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...View details about Children and young people’s writing during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020 -
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This report outlines findings from our ninth Annual Literacy Survey relating to children and young people’s reading in 2019.View details about Children and young people’s reading in 2019