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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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This report brings together three broad areas of education – reading, financial capability and general academic motivation – to understand how they are related.View details about Reading and financial capability: exploring the relationships -
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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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We surveyed 44,097 children aged 8-18 to look into the link between book ownership, literacy engagement and mental wellbeing.View details about Book ownership, literacy engagement and mental wellbeing -
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To support National Poetry Day on 4 October 2018, we were commissioned to conduct the first ever national survey of children and young people’s views on poetry in England.View details about A thing that makes me happy: Children, young people and poetry in 2018 -
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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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The survey looked at the reading habits of over 4,000 primary school children in 2018View details about Children’s reading in Birmingham in 2018: A baseline -
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This report compares pupils who participated in Readathon with those who haven't and shows that Readathon is related to various improved reading outcomes.View details about Readathon: How children and young people are engaged and the benefits to reading -
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The final report of the Commission on Fake News and the Teaching of Critical Literacy in Schools.View details about Fake news and critical literacy: final report -
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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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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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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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Pupils who use Accelerated Reader (AR) enjoy reading, read frequently and think more positively about reading than their peers who do not use AR.View details about Reading Enjoyment, Behaviour and Attitudes in Pupils who use Accelerated Reader (2016) -
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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...View details about Children and Young People’s reading in 2016: Findings from our Annual Literacy Survey 2016 -
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Our review of provision of school libraries, the impact on pupils and the elements that make a good school library.View details about School libraries: A literature review on current provision and evidence of impact (2017) -
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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...View details about Children and Young People's Reading in Manchester in 2016 -
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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 -
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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.View details about Celebrating Reading for Enjoyment: Findings from our Annual Literacy Survey 2016 Report -
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This report outlines findings from an independent evaluation of Premier League Reading Stars (PLRS) by Coventry University, focusing on activities delivered in Wales between...View details about Premier League Reading Stars Wales evaluation report 2015/16 -
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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...View details about Premier League Reading Stars: evaluation reports 2015/16 -
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A fifth of children and young people said in 2015 that they write in a diary in their free time.View details about Children’s and Young People’s Diary Writing in 2015