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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 letter writing attitudes in behaviours, and how they were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.View details about Children and young people’s letter writing in 2021 -
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This report outlines findings from our Annual Literacy Survey exploring children and young people’s literacy-related interactions in relation to video games in early 2021.View details about Children and young people’s video game playing and literacy 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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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...View details about Improving the literacy skills of disadvantaged teenage boys through the use of technology -
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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 survey exploring young people’s literacy-related interactions both within, and in relation to, video games.View details about Video game playing and literacy: a survey of young people aged 11 to 16 -
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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...View details about Exploring the literacy-related behaviours and feelings of pupils eligible for free school meals in relation to their use of and access to school libraries -
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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 explores the relationship between aspirations, literacy and gender for young people and adults.View details about Aspirations, literacy and gender -
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This report evaluates the impact of the pilot Read for Good Stories in Schools programme on reading engagement during the 2018/19 academic year.View details about Stories in Schools: reading engagement report -
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This report uses data from our 2019 Annual Literacy Survey and the Great School Library Campaign to determine how many schools in the UK have had a writer visit in the last year,...View details about Writer visits and children and young people's literacy engagement -
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Based on a survey of 219 UK teachers, this report indicates that the majority of teachers believe that technology can have a positive impact on children’s literacy learning.View details about Teachers’ use of technology to support literacy in 2018 -
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In this report, we discuss school libraries from the point of view of children and young people. We explore how many children use school libraries, why they do or do not use them,...View details about School libraries: Why children and young people use them or not, their literacy engagement and mental wellbeing -
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To celebrate Blue Peter's 60th birthday, we explored children and young people’s letter writing in 2017/18. We looked at how many children and young people write letters in...View details about Children and young people’s letter writing in 2017/18 -
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This report explores the link between children and young people’s mental wellbeing and their reading and writing enjoyment, attitudes and behaviours.View details about Mental wellbeing, reading and writing -
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This report evaluates the impact of Mrs Wordsmith, an illustrated, data-driven vocabulary programme for children aged 6-13.View details about Mrs Wordsmith Narrative Journey: pilot evaluation -
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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.View details about Children and young people’s writing in 2017/18 -
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This report explores the writing enjoyment, behaviours and attitudes of 8 to 11-year-olds in the UK in the 2017/18 academic year.View details about Writing enjoyment, behaviours and attitudes in 8 to 11-year-olds in 2017-18 -
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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.View details about FA Writing Challenges: Evaluation report 2017 -
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Read more about children’s and young people’s enjoyment of writing in 2016, taken from our seventh annual literacy survey.View details about Writing for Enjoyment and its Link to Wider Writing - Findings from our Annual Literacy Survey 2016 Report
