Research reports

The 2017 evaluation of our Books Unlocked programme, which promotes reading for pleasure in prisons, supported by the Man Booker Prize Foundation.

The survey looked at the reading habits of over 4,000 primary school children in 2018

Our evaluation of Early Words Together at Two explores the outcomes of the programme on children, parents, and practitioners. 

This report compares pupils who participated in Readathon with those who haven't and shows that Readathon is related to various improved reading outcomes. 

The final report of the Commission on Fake News and the Teaching of Critical Literacy in Schools.

This report explores how many children and young people enjoy writing, how often they write in their free time, what they think about writing and more.

This report explores the writing enjoyment, behaviours and attitudes of 8 to 11-year-olds in the UK in the 2017/18 academic year. 

An evidence review exploring the link between literacy and life expectancy in England through health and socioeconomic factors.

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...

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...

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...

This report looks at year two of the poetry programme and the impact it has had.

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.

Pupils who use Accelerated Reader (AR) enjoy reading, read frequently and think more positively about reading than their peers who do not use AR.

This report outlines findings about children and young people’s reading from our seventh annual literacy survey conducted in November/December 2016 when 42,406 children and young...

Our review of provision of school libraries, the impact on pupils and the elements that make a good school library. 

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...

Read more about children’s and young people’s enjoyment of writing in 2016, taken from our seventh annual literacy survey.

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.

This report outlines findings from an independent evaluation of Premier League Reading Stars (PLRS) by Coventry University, focusing on activities delivered in Wales between...

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...