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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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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 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...View details about What it means to be a reader at age 11: valuing skills, affective components and behavioural processes -
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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...View details about Book ownership and reading outcomes -
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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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This report looks at year two of the poetry programme and the impact it has had.View details about Young City Poets - evaluation report -
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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 -
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Fewer children enjoyed writing or wrote something in their free time in 2015 compared with the previous year. This is based on findings from our annual literacy survey that we...View details about Children's and Young People's Writing in 2015 -
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This report outlines evaluation findings from the Picture the Poet schools programme, which aimed to increase enjoyment of poetry reading, writing and performance.View details about Picture the Poet: school programme evaluation report 2016 -
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This report outlines evaluation findings for the Young Readers Programme in 2015/16.View details about Young Readers Programme evaluation 2015-16 -
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This report outlines evaluation findings for the pilot Literacy Leaders project in 2015/16, which showed that the project empowered secondary school students to ...View details about Literacy Leaders pilot evaluation 2016